"During the late Canaanite period (sixteenth to twelfth centuries B.C.E.), the hilltop was the seat of Egyptian rule in Eretz Israel. According to the Bible, the tribes of Israel were unable to capture Canaanite Beit She'an. After the battle on nearby Mount Gilboa, the Philistines hanged the bodies of King Saul and his sons on the city walls."



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