Broad Wall (Jerusalem)

Originally dated to the reign of King Hezekiah (late 8th century BCE), it has been attributed in 2024, based on carbon-dating, to the reign of King Uzziah, several decades earlier.

[1] The Broad Wall is a massive defensive structure, seven meters thick.

Avigad's dig demonstrated that by the late eighth century the city had expanded to include the hill to the west of the Temple Mount.

As long as the wall was attributed to Hezekiah, the motivation for building it was believed to have been Sennacherib's campaign in Judah, and the presumption was that it might be referred to in Nehemiah 3:8 and Isaiah 22:9–10.

Uzziah's motivation, however, was to rebuild the city after the damage brought about by a strong earthquake.