Reused Altar
It was in a storehouse wall that the dismantled altar was reused, and where I saw it.
Jacqueline Schaajje:
David also built a town. At the end of the 10th century it was destroyed, probably in the invasion of Israel by the Egyptian pharaoh Shishak in 925 BCE. In his temple in Karkak, Egypt, Be'er Sheva is mentioned as a conquered town by the name of Fort Abram.
From the 9th century BCE, Be'er Sheva was rebuilt and became prosperous. Its inhabitants practiced a heathen cult. One find, now in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, is of a great horned altar which is made of hewn stones. This is contrary to the Biblical law which says that altars should be made of uncut stones (Deut. 27:5 and Joshua 8:3). The prophet Amos mentions Be'er Sheva in regard to idolatry (Amos 5:5 and 8:14). Probably during the religious reform of King Hezekiah the altar was destroyed and its stones were re-used (II Kings 18:4).
Reused Altar
It was in a storehouse wall that the dismantled altar was reused, and where I saw it.
Jacqueline Schaajje:
David also built a town. At the end of the 10th century it was destroyed, probably in the invasion of Israel by the Egyptian pharaoh Shishak in 925 BCE. In his temple in Karkak, Egypt, Be'er Sheva is mentioned as a conquered town by the name of Fort Abram.
From the 9th century BCE, Be'er Sheva was rebuilt and became prosperous. Its inhabitants practiced a heathen cult. One find, now in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, is of a great horned altar which is made of hewn stones. This is contrary to the Biblical law which says that altars should be made of uncut stones (Deut. 27:5 and Joshua 8:3). The prophet Amos mentions Be'er Sheva in regard to idolatry (Amos 5:5 and 8:14). Probably during the religious reform of King Hezekiah the altar was destroyed and its stones were re-used (II Kings 18:4).