Rohl identifies Labaya, a local ruler in Canaan whose activities are documented in the Amarna Letters, with Saul, and identifies David with Dadua (Tadua), also mentioned in Amarna Letter EA256. Saul and Labaya share the same demise - both die in battle - against a coalition of city states from the coastal plain - on or near Mount Gilboa, both as a result of betrayal. Both also have a surviving son whose name translates as Man of Baal.