Various excavations also reveal that Jerusalem at this time was much larger than had heretofore been thought, probably because of the influx of refugees from the northern kingdom after it was defeated by the Assyrians.
Veicot izrakumus, tika atklāts arī tas, ka tolaik Jeruzaleme ir bijusi daudz lielāka, nekā bija uzskatīts, — iespējams, tāpēc ka pilsētā bija ieplūduši bēgļi no ziemeļu ķēniņvalsts, ko bija iekarojuši asīrieši.