Editing Tel Hazor (section)

===Israelite Hazor===
[[File:Hatzor-SolomonicGate.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The six-chambered gate from the Israelite period, view from the north-west. Similar gates have also been found at Hazor, Megiddo, and Lachish.<ref name= madain>{{cite web |title=Tel Hazor Israelite City Gate |url=https://madainproject.com/tel_hazor_israelite_gate |website=Madain Project |access-date=10 May 2020}}</ref>]]

The archaeological remains suggest that after its destruction, the city of Hazor was rebuilt as a minor village within "the territory of Naphtali" ([[Book of Joshua|Joshua]] 19:36).<ref>"Negev," Avraham/Gibson, Shimon, ''Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land'', New York/London 2001, p.220, {{ISBN|978-0-8264-1316-1}} (English)</ref> According to the [[Books of Kings]], the town, along with [[Tel Megiddo|Megiddo]], and [[Gezer]], was substantially fortified and expanded by [[Solomon]].<ref>1 Kings 9:15</ref> Like Megiddo and Gezer, the remains at Hazor show that during the Early Iron Age the town gained a highly distinctive ''six-chambered'' [[gate]], as well as a characteristic style to its administration buildings; archaeologists determined that these constructions at Hazor were built by the same leadership as those at Megiddo and Gezer.<ref name=Finkelstein /> Many archaeologists conclude that they were constructed in the tenth century by King Solomon;<ref>William G. Dever, [https://books.google.com/books?id=6-VxwC5rQtwC&pg=PA43 What Did the Biblical Writers Know, and when Did They Know It?] 2002 p.43</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |title=Hazor in the Tenth Century B.C.E. |journal=Near Eastern Archaeology |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.5615/neareastarch.76.2.0105 |last=Ben-Tor |first=Amnon |issue=2 |volume=76 |pages=105–109 |doi=10.5615/neareastarch.76.2.0105 |year=2013 |s2cid=164757762 |issn=1094-2076|url-access=subscription }}</ref> others date these structures to the early 9th century BCE, during the reign of the [[Omrides]].<ref name=Finkelstein />

[[Yigael Yadin]], one of the earliest archaeologists to work on the site, saw certain features as clearly being Omride; Megiddo, Gezer, and Hazor, all feature deep rock cut pits, from the base of which were rock cut tunnels leading to a well that reached the [[water table]], as water-supply systems, which Yadin attributed to the rule of [[Ahab]]; Yadin also attributed to Ahab a citadel, measuring 25 × 21&nbsp;m, with two-meter thick walls, which was erected in the western part of Hazor. It has been claimed that Yadin's dating was based on the assumption that the layer connected with the gates and administration buildings were built by Solomon.<ref name=Finkelstein />

Archaeologist [[William G. Dever]] estimates the city's population to have been between 500 and 1,000 people during the 9th and 8th centuries BCE.<ref name=":022">{{Cite book |last=Dever |first=William G. |title=Beyond the Texts: an archaeological portrait of ancient Israel and Judah |date=2017 |publisher=SBL Press |isbn=978-0-88414-218-8 |location=Atlanta |pages=392}}</ref>

Archaeological remains indicate that towards the later half of the 9th century BCE, when the king of Israel was [[Jehu]], Hazor fell into the control of [[Aram Damascus]]. Some archaeologists suspect that subsequent to this conquest Hazor was rebuilt by Aram, probably as an Aramaean city. When the [[Assyria]]ns later defeated the Aramaeans, Hazor seemingly returned to Israelite control; Assyrian records indicate that [[Jehoash of Israel|Joash]], king of Israel at the time, had paid tribute to Assyria and Israel had become an Assyrian vassal state.<ref name="Finkelstein" /> Subsequently, the town, along with the remainder of the kingdom of Israel, entered a period of great prosperity, particularly during the rule of [[Jeroboam II]]. Some archaeologists attribute the later large scale constructions at Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer, including the rock cut water supply systems, to this era.

Israel's attempted rebellion against Assyrian domination resulted in an invasion by the forces of the Assyrian ruler, [[Tiglath-Pileser III]]; the evidence on the ground suggests that hasty attempts were made to reinforce the defenses of Hazor.<ref name=Finkelstein /> Despite the defences, in 732&nbsp;BCE Hazor was captured, its population deported,<ref name=Finkelstein /><ref>2 Kings 15:29</ref> and the city was burnt to the ground.<ref name=Finkelstein />