Hazor in the Eighth Century bc and Beyond. The city continued to grow in the eighth century bc (strata VI—V; Yadin et al., Hazor III—IV, 40–45). Gradual changes to the layout of the acropolis are evident from stratum VI to stratum V: The large public storehouses were gradually replaced by private houses and private storage, which densely occupied the acropolis (Geva, Hazor: An Urban Community of the 8th Century bc; Ben Tor, Ben Ami, and Sandhaus, Hazor VI, 154–235).

The city was destroyed by the Assyrians under Tiglath-pileser III in 732 bc. After that, Hazor suffered a period of decline. There are a few traces of occupation detected on the acropolis in the Assyrian, Persian, and Hellenistic periods. The mound had been deserted by the end of the Hellenistic period, though there are scattered finds dating to the Islamic period.