One layer of the dig bears evidence of a fiery conflagration and has been dated to the beginning of the tenth century B.C.E. Such findings line up with the time of the invasion of the Egyptian King Shishak, just five years after Solomon’s death. At Karnak in southern Egypt, a wall relief commemorates that invasion and lists Arad among the many vanquished cities.​—2 Chronicles 12:1-4.

[Picture on page 24]

A detail of the wall relief at Karnak, Egypt

[Credit Line]

Pictorial Archive (Near Eastern History) Est.