Biblical Archaeology Review

See “Should the Term Biblical Archaeology Be Abandoned?” BAR 07:03; “Dever’s Sermon on the Mound,” BAR 13:02.

See Oded Borowski, “Yadin Presents New Interpretation of the Famous Lachish Letters,” BAR 10:02; and Rodney Wright, “‘Lachish and Azekah Were the Only Fortified Cities of Judah that Remained’ (Jeremiah 34:7),” BAR 08:06.

See David Ussishkin, “Lachish—Key to the Israelite Conquest of Canaan?” BAR 13:01).

See Hershel Shanks, “Destruction of Judean Fortress Portrayed in Dramatic Eighth-Century B.C. Pictures,” BAR 10:02.

See David Ussishkin, “Answers at Lachish,” BAR 05:06; and “Defensive Judean Counter-Ramp Found at Lachish in 1983 Season,” BAR 10:02.

The prime candidates are Rehoboam (928–911 B.C.), Asa (908–861 B.C.) or Jehoshophat (870–846 B.C.).

The Shephaleh is the Biblical term for the low hilly area between the Judean mountains and the coastal plain.

For photographs and discussions of these two stands, see LaMoine F. DeVries, “Cult Stands—A Bewildering Variety of Shapes and Sizes,” BAR 13:04.

Other sites in the area of Edom where Edomite pottery has been found include Umm el-Biyara (perhaps Biblical Selah), Tawilan and a small site named Ghrareh, about 12 miles south of Petra.