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Tel Abel Beth Maacah Excavations
Discovered: Tel Abel Beth Maacah (Tell Abil el-Qameh), northern Hula Valley, Israel
From: (c. Bronze Age through Iron Age; important remains from the twelfth to ninth centuries BC)

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Tel Abel Beth Maacah is a large ancient settlement near the northern end of the Hula Valley. Excavations beginning in 2013 have uncovered houses, public buildings, storage facilities, and objects associated with religious activity. Iron Age finds include a citadel building, storage jars, figurines, and an ink inscription on a jar.

The city stood at a crossroads among Israelite, Aramean, and Phoenician communities. Although its name resembles that of the biblical kingdom of Maacah, the exact relationship between the city and that kingdom remains uncertain.

2 Samuel 20:14–22; 1 Kings 15:20; 2 Kings 15:29 (references to Abel Beth Maacah). Joshua 13:11; 2 Samuel 10:6 (references to Maacah).

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Notable Finds

Much of what is described in Bible text is lost to history, requiring readers to assume the historicity of the scriptures.

However, many of the places and events described in the Old and New Testaments are periodically corroborated by archeological finds.

Some finds simply help us to better understand things from the ancient world. However, others provide important evidence as to the truth of scripture regarding things about which there had previously been skepticism.

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