Numbers 21
But, when archaeologist Yohanan Aharoni dug there....
No King of "Arad" existed to attack the so-called "Israelites."
Episode One in the new series I will call BIBLE BULLSHIT.
Quote:Arad Destroyed
21 When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked the Israelites and captured some of them. 2 Then Israel made this vow to the Lord: “If you will deliver these people into our hands, we will totally destroy[a] their cities.” 3 The Lord listened to Israel’s plea and gave the Canaanites over to them. They completely destroyed them and their towns; so the place was named Hormah.[
But, when archaeologist Yohanan Aharoni dug there....
Quote:The lower area was first settled during the Chalcolithic period, around 4000 BCE. Excavations at the site have unearthed an extensive Bronze Age Canaanite settlement which was in place until approximately 2650 BCE. The site was then apparently deserted for over 1500 years until resettled during the Israelite period from the 11th century BCE onwards, initially as an unwalled piece of land cut off as an official or sacred domain was established on the upper hill, and then later as a garrison-town known as 'The Citadel'.it turns out to have been an Israelite site built on the ruins of a much older Early Bronze Age town.
No King of "Arad" existed to attack the so-called "Israelites."
Episode One in the new series I will call BIBLE BULLSHIT.
