Keywords
Lab’ayu
Shechem
Tagi
Mut-Ba’lu
Pella
Tell el- Amarna
Hermeneutics
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Abstract
The purpose of this article is to present the revolt that took place in Canaan under the leadership of Lab’ayu, ruler of Shechem, shortly before the emergence of Israel, which had the adhesion of several city-states of that region. The study will be done by analyzing the letters found at Tell el-Amarna and sent to Pharaoh by Lab’ayu (EA 252-254) by Tagi, ruler of Ginti-Kirmil (EA 264-266), and by Mut-Ba’lu, ruler of Pella (EA 255-256). It is noted in these letters that the territory conquered by the Lab’ayu revolt is similar to what King Saul, the first monarch of Israel, occupied a few centuries later.
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