Seti I probably departed from the border fortress of Tjel, modern el-Qantara which is located somewhat south of the Mediterranean Sea on the Suez Canal, with three armies, or divisions consisting of the Armies of Amun, Re and Seth. His forces passed through Raphia (modern el-Arish) and probably captured the city of Gaza in Canaan, which might be a candidate for Pekanan, before heading on to Beth Shan.
We learn from this wall in the Hypostyle hall recording the various scenes of battle at Pekanan that:
"Year 1. King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Menmare (Seti I). The destruction which the mighty sword of the Pharaoh L.P.H. made among the vanquished of the Shasu, from the Fortress of Tharu to Pekanan, when his majesty marched against them like a fierce-eyed lion, making them carcasses in their valleys, overturned in their blood like those that exist not. Everyone that escapes his fingers says: 'His might toward distant countries is the might of his father Amun, who hath assigned to him a victorious valor in the countries'."
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