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To: 2MAR$ who wrote (61067)

10/22/2014 12:48:53 PM

From: Brumar89

Respond to of 69300

Sorry, but the Amarna letters DO explicitly cite Habirus:

bereawiki.com
The following is a listing of the Amarna Tablets relevant to the Bible with dates and sources of the scanned tablet photos as well as English translation. There's plenty of detail about the Apiru or Habiru, the Hebrews of the Bible, and how they were taking over Canaan. In the letters one can read the words of multiple Canaanite kings begging Egyptian pharaohs to intervene stop the Jews, since Canaan at the time had been under Egyptian sovereignty.

Name Date Institution Notes

Amarna Tablet 35 [1]	14th cent. B.C.	British Museum	Mentions the Canaanite practice of killing all metal-workers in a land to stop weaponry mentioned in 1 Samuel 13:19.
Amarna Tablet 75 [2]	14th cent. B.C.	Cairo Museum	Refers to a war with the Apiru or Hebrews and how they are taking over the country, perhaps in alliance with the Hittites.
Amarna Tablet 79 [3]	14th cent. B.C.	Vorderasiatisches Museum	Mentions the Apiru/Habiru influenced by Abdi-Ashirta to rebel against a Canaanite king named Rib-Hadda. Also says the Apiru have taken over all but 2 cities in the entire land.
Amarna Tablet 286 [4]	14th cent. B.C.	Vorderasiatisches Museum	More detail of how the Apiru are rebelling to take over Canaan as the Canaanite King Abdi-Heba pleads for archery assistance.
Amarna Tablet 298 [5]	14th cent. B.C.	British Museum	Pleading by another Canaanite king asking Pharaoh to stop the takeover of Egyptian-ruled lands by the Apiru. Also see: archive.org ............ Let the king turn his face to the troops, and let the king, my lord, send troops ! No territory remains to the king, my lord. The Habirii are devastating all the lands of the king. If there be troops in this year, then the lands will remain the king's, my lord's ; but if no troops arrive, the lands of the king, my lord, are lost. To the scribe of the king, my lord : Abdi-hiba, thy servant. .............