An alternate date would be around 813 B.C. in the reign of Jehoash (Joash), when Judah was hard hit by Hazael, king of Damascus (2 Kings 12:17ff; 2 Chronicles 24:23–26). Judah’s southern enemies might have taken advantage of this situation, perhaps in consort with Hazael. But it is strange that the Bible is silent about any invasion of the south at this time. Miriam Aharoni dates the destruction of stratum X to the first quarter of the eighth century B.C.