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The late midrashic collection of rabbinic commentaries on Psalms cites a tradition in the name of the third-century C.E. Rabbi Isaac regarding Psalm 102:18: “[King] David had in mind [future] generations that will have neither prophet, nor priest, nor teacher of righteousness [moreh tzedek] nor Holy Temple to atone for them.”
The stratigraphy at Megiddo creates some difficulties, in particular relating to the six-chamber gate. I accept Ussishkin’s view that the monumental palaces of Stratum IVB-VA could have been founded in the Solomonic era (tenth century B.C.E.), but might have continued in use during the ninth century. See Israel Finkelstein, David Ussishkin and Baruch Halpern, eds. “Megiddo III,” Tel Aviv (2000), p. 600.
The northern pottery assemblage is represented in the following sites and strata: Hazor Strata X-VIII, Megiddo Strata VB and IVB-VA, Taanach Period IIA and IIB, Beth-Shean Local Stratum S1, Tell Abu Hawam Stratum III, Yokneam Strata XV-XIV, Tel Rehov Strata VI-IV, Tel ‘Amal Strata 3–4, Hurvat Rosh Zayit Strata 3–2a.
