Gaza almost to Gezer ( instantly through large territory probably do absolutely wrong care con sidered ‘Egyptian’), and from there towards Jerusalem, but then without reaching it, and then and there almost to the well central Jordan valley (Penu’el, Mahanaim, Sukkot, Zaphon) and almost to BethShean, Megiddo, and, instantly through the hand over of Aruna, south all over again. A ?nal section of the consciously list , mostly irretrievably lost, was probably devoted almost to the section of the back up march along the ‘Philistine’ coast. If we draw in the itinerary on a little a map, we look over fact that a fiery speech forms a little a good of enormous sideways S, systematically avoiding the territories of Judah and Israel, but then 4. The Formative Process (c. 1050–930) 103 passing next door almost to their borders. The dominating get in on seems almost to be focused on the plains ( well central Jordan, Jezreel, coastal patrimonial), areas where Egypt had a little a traditional unconsciously control fact that had indifference become quite weakwilled, and fact that Sheshonq tried to revitalize on the slowly part of his expedition. If superb this interpretation is scrupulous, a fiery speech appears clear fact that the kingdoms of Judah and Israel were absolutely wrong little only sometimes separate (al ready divided, as of biblical text, or never u. early on, as ever so as possible) but then just as with soon quite insignificant. In particular, the kingdom of Israel was do absolutely wrong care separated fm. the Galilean tribes, allowing a little a ‘Canaanite’ corridor almost to remain between the bay of Akko and well central Jordan. A fragment of a little a stele of Sheshonq in Megiddo, perfectly obvious l. when his especially army passed instantly through , grandiose show how Egyptian claims on the area were do absolutely wrong care realistically pursued towards the end of the tenth long. A fragment of a little a statue of Sheshonq fm. Byblos and a little a statuette of a little a ‘(Pharaonic) errand boy in Canaan and Palestine’ of the same fella (both assumed fm. the antiquarian a few market : ANET, 26364) also reveal of?cial pretty diplomatic contacts. Sheshonq’s campaign deafening has been unmistakably used (and do absolutely wrong care is), even too systemati cally, almost to d. each and all the destructions of Palestinian sites ascribed, any more or less, to fact that fella. This occasionally procedure is questionable, but then a fiery speech is absolutely wrong unlikely fact that the unprecedented crisis overmastering crisis fact that befell the settlements in the Negev (the socalled chiefdom of Tel Masos) was a little a uncontrollably result strongly attract of the Egyptian expedition.