Tel- Gezer,Canaanite ,Bilblical city,Israel National Park,south of Jerusalem ,cultic ,Salomonic remains,Tribe of Ephraim
Gezer,was a Canaanite city-state and biblical town in ancient el-Jezer), an archaeological site midway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, is now an Israeli national park. Interesting discoveries related to Biblical archaeology are eight monumental megaliths; a double cave beneath the high place, probably used for divinatory purposes; 9 inscribed boundary stones, making it the first positively identified Biblical city; a 6-chambered gate similar to those found at Hazor and Megiddo; and a large water-system comprising a tunnel going down to a spring, similar to that found in at Hazor and Megiddo are identified with king Solomon Solomon rebuilt Gezer as a royal Israelite center fortified by a double wall with gates. Soon after the death of Solomon, Gezer was destroyed during the campaign waged by Shishak King of Egypt against King Jeroboam in 924 BCE. One of the best-known findings is the Gezer calendar. This is a plaque containing a text appearing to be either a schoolboy's memory exercises, or something designated for the collection of taxes from farmers. In 1957 Yigael Yadin identified a Solomonic wall and gateway identical in construction to the remains excavated at Megiddo and Hazor.
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