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jan 1, 1042 BC - Taita Congratulates King David

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EXAMINATION OF ANACHRONISMS IN BIBLICAL AND ASSYRIAN CHRONOLOGIES by Gerard Gertoux

Taita (1045-1000) was a king of Palistin, a Syrian land including Hamath and Aleppo (Bryce: 2012, 128-133) and according to the Bible, as King of Hamath, he congratulated King David when the latter defeated Hadad-ezer (in 1042 BCE) a king of Aram-Zobah (2Sa 8:5-10; 1Ch 18:9-10). Regarding the dating of Taita’s reign, a beam of Aleppo temple attributed to Taita has been dated45 1045 BCE +/- 45 by carbon-14 dating (Kohlmeyer: 2009, 190-202).

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jan 1, 1042 BC
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~ 3068 years ago