Heretofore it has been taken for granted or allegedly proven from Lev. 17.1-7 that centralization of worship is a fundamental doctrine of the Priestly sources. Elsewhere (Leviticus 1–16 [AB, 3; New York: Doubleday, 1991], pp. 29–34), I have argued that P allows for multiple sanctuaries. I now argue the same for H. Both textual and archaeological evidence demonstrate that multiple sanctuaries abounded in the time of H, eighth-century Judah. Hezekiah's reform was not based on H, but on political grounds. As for Lev. 17.1-7, its absolute ban on nonsacrificial slaughter could not be implemented if worship were limited to a single centralized sanctuary
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