Tel Halif
Tel H̱alif, formerly Tel H̱alifa is an archaeological site, a mound in northern Negev area, west from kibbutz Lahav, Israel.
Identification
suggested that it is the location of the biblical town of Ziklag. Other evidence suggests Rimmon. Nadav Na'aman has suggested identifying this as the site of biblical Hormah.History
Tel Halif was a small town inhabited by Israelites during the Iron Age I. It had a casemate wall and typical pillar-courtyard houses in the 9th–8th centuries BCE. William G. Dever estimates that the town's population was 200 in the 10th century and about 300 in the 9th and 8th centuries BCE. Archaeological evidence uncovered a house destroyed during the 701 BCE Assyrian invasion, and the town saw brief reoccupation in the early 7th century before being abandoned under Persian rule.Rock-cut bench tombs were found nearby, and they represent burial practices typical to the 8th century BCE.