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    Tell es-Safi (Arabic: تل الصافي, romanized: Tall aṣ-Ṣāfī, "White hill"; Hebrew: תל צפית, Tel Tzafit) was an Arab Palestinian village, located on the southern...
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    Gath (city) (category Tells (archaeology))
    favored as the location of Gath is the archaeological mound or tell known as Tell es-Safi in Arabic and Tel Zafit in Hebrew (sometimes written Tel Tzafit)...
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    The Tell es-Safi inscription was found in 2005 at the archaeological site at Tell es-Safi, identified with the biblical city of Gath. It was under the...
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    Biblical References to Philistines or Philistia Tell es-Safi/Gath Archaeological Project Website Tell es-Safi/Gath Archaeological Project Blog Penn State...
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    Studies and Archaeology at Bar-Ilan University. He is director of the Tell es-Safi/Gath Archaeological Project. Aren Maeir was born in Rochester, New York...
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    the battle taking place by the mound of Al-Safiya, potentially modern Tell es-Safi near the village of Menehem, not far from Ashkelon, and within the contemporary...
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    return with their bodies, and the boy-hero is acclaimed by the people. Tell es-Safi, the biblical Gath and traditional home of Goliath, has been the subject...
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    the slender corpus of brief inscriptions from Iron Age IIA-IIB Tell es-Safi (Tell es-Safi inscription) demonstrates that at some stage during the local...
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    after he defeated the kings of Israel and Judah. Recent excavations at Tell es-Safi/Gath have revealed dramatic evidence of the siege and subsequent conquest...
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    Bible Zechariah 14:5 View of Philistine temple and "Amos" earthquake The Tell es-Safi/Gath Excavations Weblog - July 2010 Bible 2 Kings 13:13; 14:16, 23, 27...
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    Ashdod_(ancient_city), Tell es-Safi, Tel Batash, Tel Burna, Tel Dor, Tel Gerisa, Tell Jemmeh, Khirbet Rabud, Tel Zeror, and Tell Abu Hawam among others...
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    by Israel's Bar-Ilan University in the location of ancient Gath (now Tell es-Safi) a potsherd was discovered, reliably dated to between the tenth to mid...
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    Bar-Ilan University (category Articles with Spanish-language sources (es))
    as one of its priorities, and this includes excavations such as the Tell es-Safi/Gath archaeological excavations and the recently opened Bar-Ilan University/Weizmann...
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    fortified manor (maison forte) Blanchegarde at Tell es-Safi – castle, seat of a lordship at biblical tell Caco or Cacho Castle, Qaqun; rebuilt by Baybars;...
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    including: Ashkelon, Ashdod, Tell es-Safi, Tel Batash, Tel Burna, Tel Dor, Tel Gerisa, Tell Jemmeh, Khirbet Rabud, Tel Zeror, and Tell Abu Hawam among others...
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    (Ampi) Ekron (Tel Miqne, Khirbet el-Muqanna) Et-Tell (Ai?) Gath (Tell es-Safi?) Gaza Gezer Gibeah (Tell el-Ful?) Hama (Hamath, Epiphania) Harran (Carrhae...
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  • Yokneam Tell Beit Mirsim Tell el-Hesi Tell es-Safi Tell Keisan Tell Qasile Yavne Yavne-Yam Amman Citadel Tall Jawa Tall Zira'a Tell Abu al-Kharaz Tell el-Fukhar...
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  • Modern Hebrew name of the Tell formerly called Tell ej-Judeideh and lies exactly 9.7 kilometres southeast of Tell es-Safi. Book of Micah Maresha MMST...
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  • late 7th century to early 6th century BC. The name was also found in Tell Es-Safi and one of the Arad letters. Jehucal is only mentioned in chapters 37...
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    Franz and Frost 2000), Tel Agol (Feigin in press) and further south, Tell es-Safi/Gath (Chadwick and Maeir 2018) have been attributed to the eighth century...
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    by the name Tell Goded (תל גודד‎). The tell, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of Beit Guvrin and 9.7 kilometres southeast of Tell es-Safi, was first surveyed...
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    Tel Burna (redirect from Tell Burna)
    Tel Burna is located near Beit Guvrin/Maresha, Tel Goded, Lachish, Tell es-Safi/Gath and Tel Zayit (4 kilometers to the west). The site is thought to...
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    likely his cultic center. Archaeological investigations at the site of Tell es-Safi have found the remains of donkeys, as well as some sheep and goats in...
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  • of Archaeological Finds – גילוי דעת על פרסום ממצאים ארכיאולוגים". The Tell es-Safi/Gath Archaeological Project Official (and Unofficial) Weblog. Retrieved...
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  • Philistine kings. The two kings of Gath, which most scholars identify as Tell es-Safi, are: The monarch, described as "Achish the king of Gath", with whom...
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  • local Arab forces. The eastern wing took Masmiyya, Qastina, Tina and Tell es-Safi. The southern wing took Ibdis and the village of Iraq Suwaydan. A simultaneous...
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    "Interregional Trade and Exchange at Early Bronze Age Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath". Near Eastern Archaeology. 80 (4 The Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath Archaeological Project): 264–267. doi:10...
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  • are disputed. Was discovered in excavations near Israel's Elah valley. Tell es-Safi inscription (10th to mid 9th centuries BC) – Potsherd inscribed with...
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  • understood by most scholars to be the king of the Canaanite city of Gath (Tell es-Safi), although some have suggested that he was the 'mayor' of Qiltu (Keilah...
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    City) was named for the same reason. However, most scholars now consider Tell es-Safi, thirteen kilometres to the northeast, a more likely candidate. Gat 1945...
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