Sunday, July 19, 2009

Encountering the Canaanites

Another stop on Saturday's tour was Arad. This is the first Canaanite city conquered by the Israelites within the land of Canaan itself (the Canaanite kings Sihon and Og were defeated by the Israelites and their land conquered, but their territory was outside the boundaries of Canaan).

The site includes a governor's palace and storerooms for supplying the troops stationed there. You can see the defensible position in this picture:



Here is a Canaanite altar, with no horns on it:

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