Archaeology · 6 · Jehu and Elisha
A shattered stone at Dan
Excavators found only parts of the Tel Dan stele. Someone in antiquity broke it apart and scattered it, probably when Assyria destroyed the city in 733/732 BCE.
Monuments of victory become rubble.
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Dan sat on Israel's northern border, at the headwaters of the Jordan near Mount Hermon. The remaining fragments haven't been found.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 88
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