717. EARLY ARAMAIC INSCRIPTION FOUND IN DAN, DATING FROM THE 9TH. C. BC. THE TEXT MENTIONS THE BATTLE OF BEN HADAD KING OF ARAM AGAINST THE ‘HOUSE OF DAVID’, MEANING ONE OF THE KINGS OF ISRAEL ‘And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.’ I KINGS 15:20
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