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*The only inscription from Egyptian sources directly identified as mentioning a conquest of Jerusalem is on the north tower of the pylon of the first court at the Ramesseum near Karnak, which was built by Ramses II: ''"The town in which the king plundered in Year 8 – Shalem"''.  The name ''Jerusalem'' was a later word made up of ''yeru'', meaning "foundation" or "city" (possibly bestowed by the patriarch Abraham as "yireh" for Mt. Moriah) and ''Shalem'', either an early local deity from pagan times or a byname for [[Melchizidek]], hence “city of Shalem” (Hebrew: ''Yerushaláyim'' יְרוּשָׁלַיִם).  

*The only inscription from Egyptian sources directly identified as mentioning a conquest of Jerusalem is on the north tower of the pylon of the first court at the Ramesseum near Karnak, which was built by Ramses II: ''"The town in which the king plundered in Year 8 – Shalem"''.  The name ''Jerusalem'' was a later word made up of ''yeru'', meaning "foundation" or "city" (possibly bestowed by the patriarch Abraham as "yireh" for Mt. Moriah) and ''Shalem'', either an early local deity from pagan times or a byname for [[Melchizidek]], hence “city of Shalem” (Hebrew: ''Yerushaláyim'' יְרוּשָׁלַיִם).  

*Rohl also argued that a nickname found for Ramses II and Ramses III, read as “se-se” from the hieroglyphic, may have been corrupted by the Hebrews with an added “K” sound at the end to signify contempt, becoming “se-sek.”  In Hebrew, it would have been written as שישק  “sysq”, or “sha-shek”. Van der Veen argues this equation recently (2015).<ref>http://www.academia.edu/13445926/The_Name_Shishaq_Shoshenq_or_Shyshu_q_Responding_to_the_Critics_and_Assessing_the_Evidence_in_P._James_and_P._van_der_Veen_eds._Solomon_and_Shishak_BAR_International_Series_2732_Archaeopress_Oxford_2015</ref> Troy Leiland Sagrillo argues the traditional view that the biblical Shishaq is Sheshonk I.<ref>https://www.academia.edu/13269463/Shoshenq_I_and_biblical_%C5%A0%C3%AE%C5%A1aq_A_philological_defense_of_their_traditional_equation</ref>

*Rohl also argued that a nickname found for Ramses II and Ramses III, read as “se-se” from the hieroglyphic, may have been corrupted by the Hebrews with an added “K” sound at the end to signify contempt, becoming “se-sek.”  In Hebrew, it would have been written as שישק  “sysq”, or “sha-shek”. Van der Veen argues this equation recently (2015).<ref>[http://www.academia.edu/13445926/The_Name_Shishaq_Shoshenq_or_Shyshu_q_Responding_to_the_Critics_and_Assessing_the_Evidence_in_P._James_and_P._van_der_Veen_eds._Solomon_and_Shishak_BAR_International_Series_2732_Archaeopress_Oxford_2015]</ref> Troy Leiland Sagrillo argues the traditional view that the biblical Shishaq is Sheshonk I.<ref>[https://www.academia.edu/13269463/Shoshenq_I_and_biblical_%C5%A0%C3%AE%C5%A1aq_A_philological_defense_of_their_traditional_equation]</ref>

The weakening of Israel at the time of Shishak’s invasion, assuming he was indeed Ramses II, would fit well with the inscription on the [[Mereneptah Stele]] by that later pharaoh (Ramses’  son and successor), which stated “Israel is desolate; his seed is no more.”

The weakening of Israel at the time of Shishak’s invasion, assuming he was indeed Ramses II, would fit well with the inscription on the [[Mereneptah Stele]] by that later pharaoh (Ramses’  son and successor), which stated “Israel is desolate; his seed is no more.”

==See Also==

==See Also==

[[New Chronology]]

*[[New Chronology]]

==References==

==References==

*Rohl, David M. ''Pharaohs and Kings'', Crown Publishers, New York, NY (1995), originally published in Great Britain as ''A Test of Time'', Century LTD, London.

*Rohl, David M. ''Pharaohs and Kings'', Crown Publishers, New York, NY (1995), originally published in Great Britain as ''A Test of Time'', Century LTD, London.

*Albright, William F. ''The Old Testament and Modern Study'', Oxford University Press, Oxford, England (1951).

*Albright, William F. ''The Old Testament and Modern Study'', Oxford University Press, Oxford, England (1951).