Lipschitz also discusses, among many other things, the archaeological
evidence. Thus, the sites of a-Nasbe (identified with Mispeh), el-Ful
(identified with Gibeah), and Beitin (identified with Bet El), there
is continuous
habitation throughout the 6th century BCE. In el-Ful there is some (but not
complete) abandonment toward the end of the 6th century BCE, and a-
Nasbe shows building that suggests it had become an official center during the
Babylonian period, which is consistent with the Biblical evidence, as in, for
example, Jer 40:5-7. In Gibeon, we also have inscriptional evidence, and so we
can make a conclusion based on stratigraphy, paleography, and ceramics.
The picture that emerges is that some few thousand people representing
the elite of Judah were exiled. A few more that were captured by an
attempted revolt of around 10 people, ran away. But a large population
remained, with Mispah becoming the capital of the Babylonian province.
Yitzhak Sapir
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