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James B. Pritchard, ed., Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament, rev. ed. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1955), p. 287.

Amihai Mazar, “Features of Settlement in the Northern Shephelah During MB and LB in the Light of the Excavations at Tel Batash and Gezer,” Eretz-Israel 20 (1989), pp. 62–65 (Hebrew) and additional references there.

For a concise discussion pertaining to the history of the Shephelah during the Biblical period, see Anson F. Rainey, “The Biblical Shephelah of Judah,” Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (BASOR) 251 (1983), pp. 1–22.

For the identification of the site see Edward Robinson, Biblical Researches in Palestine and the Adjacent Regions, vol. 2 (London: Crocker & Brewster, 1856), pp. 223–224; Charles Clermont-Ganneau, Archaeological Researches in Palestine, vol. 2 (London: Palestine Exploration Fund, 1896), pp. 209–210.

Elihu Grant, Ain Shems Excavations (Palestine) 1928–1931, Part I (Haverford: Haverford College, 1931); Ain Shems Excavations (Palestine) 1928–1931, Part II (Haverford: Haverford College, 1932); Rumeileh Being Ain Shems Excavations (Palestine), Part III (Haverford: Haverford College, 1934). See also Beth-Shemesh (Palestine): Progress of the Haverford Archaeological Expedition (Haverford: Haverford College, 1929).

See Duncan Mackenzie, “Excavations at Ain Shems (Beth-Shemesh), 1911,” Annual of the Palestine Exploration Fund 1 (1911), pp. 41–94; “Excavations at Ain Shems (Beth-Shemesh), 1912,” Annual of the Palestine Exploration Fund 2 (1912–1913).

See, in particular, John J. Rousseau and Rami Arav, Jesus and His World (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1995).