Webster et al. (2023: 10) report that Stratum 10A structures in the south gate area were "violently destroyed, with evidence found in almost all rooms”. Analogous destruction layers may also have been found “in Fields II (local Str. 7A), VI (local Str. 4) and VII (local Str. 8).” Webster et al. (2023: 10) further note that “HUC identified multiple Iron I destruction horizons only in Field VI, in Granary 24000 (local Str. 6) and the courtyard houses of local Stratum 5.” Webster et al. (2023: 11) suggest that this destruction layer may have resulted from military conquest by Siamun or another 21st Dynasty ruler, based on 1 Kings 9:16, which states that “Pharaoh king of Egypt had come up and captured Gezer; he destroyed it by fire, killed the Canaanites who dwelt in the town, and gave it as dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.”