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The most important animals were cattle, sheep, goats and pigs (previously thought to have been taboo to eat because the priests of Egypt referred pig to the evil god Seth). … Mutton and pork were more common, despite Herodotus’ affirmations that swine were held by the Egyptians to be unclean and avoided.
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Steefen
Herodotus affirmed more than once that swine were held by the Egyptians to be unclean and to be avoided.
Israel Finklestein would rather affiliate Khirbet Qeiyafa with the north Israelite territorial formation that seems to have emerged in the late Iron I in the highlands north of Jerusalem [not Judah].
Yosef Garfinkle: Khirbet Qeiyafa was built by the political entity emerging in the region, the kingdom of Judah
Steefen
Khirbet Qeiyafa was destroyed too soon.
How could Khirbet Qeiyafa be part of David’s Judah and not have a more prominent role in the Bible?
Khirbet Qeiyafa could be neither Philistine nor Judahite.
defender of widows is God in his holy habitation Psalm 68: 5
Be wise, Oh Kings, be instructed you judges of the Earth Psalm 2: 10
DW
…if the site existed at the time of Saul’s encounter with the Philistines (Battle of David & Goliath), Jerusalem would have been a Jebusite site (city: Jebus) and not yet a part of a Davidic Kingdom. …
Steefen
According to 1 Chronicles 4: 31, Sha’arayim/Shaaraim, was one of thirteen cities where the descendants of the tribe of Simeon lived. Simeon was one of the 12 tribes of Israel, Judah was a different tribe of Israel. It is unlikely that this site was built by a tribe.
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