Introduction: cult places and sacred spaces -- Part I. The site of Tel Dan and its sacred precinct -- Area T, Stratum III: a ninth-century-B.C.E. cult site -- Area T, Stratum II: an eighth-century-B.C.E. cult site -- Part II. Analysis of biblical texts -- Ninth-century-B.C.E. textual stratum: 1 Kings 18 -- Eighth-century-B.C.E.textual stratum: the Book of Amos -- Summary of conclusions.