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3. Is there any independent evidence for the date of his campaign to Israel,
that is NOT based on the biblical description?
To return to this question, David Rohl lists Sheshonk I as a
contemporary of Abibaal of Byblos, on the basis of a throne base found
at Byblos with Shoshenq's cartouches surrounded by the following
Phoenician text (transliterated as if it were unpointed Hebrew, # = shin):
? which Abibaal king of Byblos set up
(Protection? of Byblos?) in Egypt to Baalat-Gebal
May she prolong the days of Abibaal and his years over Byblos
Rohl suggests that this Abibaal's great-grandson was Shipitbaal, a
contemporary of Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria dated to 738 BCE. Partly
on this basis he dates Sheshonk I to around 800 BCE, and identifies him,
campaigning in Israel, with the saviour of Israel in 2 Kings 13:5 who is
also dated to around 800 BCE.
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