INTRODUCTION
A strong debate has been forming regarding the correlation of the Tel Dan inscription with the description of the battle depicted in 2 Kings 9 of the Old Testament. The Tel Dan Stele was located in 1993 and 1994 in Tel Dan, and it depicts various victories in battle against Israel and the House of David. The author of the stele is strongly implied to be Hazael, a king of Damascus. It is entirely possible that the Tel Dan inscription can provide “a different view of the death of Jehoram king of Israel than that provided in the Bible” (Demsky, p. 72). ...