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  1. worldhistory.org

    The Moabite Stone, otherwise known as the Mesha Stele, contains an ancient inscription by Mesha, King of Moab during the late 9th century BCE, elements of which match events in the Hebrew Bible.The inscription describes two aspects of how Mesha lead Moab into victory against ancient Israel.First, he claims to have defeated ancient Israel on many fronts, capturing or reclaiming many cities and ...
  2. biblicalarchaeology.org

    The Mesha Stele details the victories of King Mesha of Moab over the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. It was found at Dibon, the capital of Moab, and dated to the ninth century BCE.The stone contains 34 lines of text, which have been translated into English. The italicized portions of the text, though likely, are not certain.
  3. christiananswers.net

    "I am Mesha, son Chemosh[it], king of Moab, the Dibonite.". S o begins one of the most extraordinary ancient documents ever found. (For the unusual circumstances surrounding its discovery, see Archaeology and Biblical Research, Winter 1991: 2-3).Mesha was ruler of the small kingdom of Moab, east of the Dead Sea, in the mid-ninth century BC.He was a contemporary of Jehoshaphat, king of the ...
  4. library.biblicalarchaeology.org

    For a fully documented history of the discovery of the Moabite Stone, see Siegfried H. Horn, "The Discovery of the Moabite Stone," in Carol L. Meyers and M. O'Connor, eds., The Word of the Lord Shall Go Forth: Essays in Honor of David Noel Freedman (Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 1983), pp. 497-505.
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  6. evidencetobelieve.com

    The Mesha Stele, or Moabite Stone. The Mesha Stele, also known as the Moabite Stone, is a stele (inscribed stone) set up around 840 BCE by King Mesha of Moab (now part of modern Jordan).Mesha tells how Chemosh, the god of Moab, had been angry with his people and had allowed them to be subjugated to Israel, but then Chemosh returned and assisted Mesha to throw off the yoke of Israel and restore ...
  7. library.biblicalarchaeology.org

    In his highly interesting article, "Why the Moabite Stone Was Blown to Pieces," BAR 12:03, Professor Siegfried Horn recounts the ninth-century B.C. war between Moab and an alliance of Israel, Judah and Edom. When the alliance besieged the Moabite capital of Kir-Hareseth, the Moabite king Mesha, in desperation, sacrificed his eldest son to the […]
  8. christiananswers.net

    T he Moabite Stone is an smooth ancient basalt stone, bearing an inscription by King Mesha, which was discovered at Dibon by Frederick Augustus Klein (F.A. Klein), a German missionary of Church Missionary Society (CMS) at Jerusalem, in 1868.. It was 3½ feet high and 2 in breadth and in thickness, rounded at the top. It consisted of thirty-four lines, written in Hebrew-Phoenician characters.
  9. ancientpages.com

    The artifact was a bluish basalt stone, about 4 feet high (about 142cm) and 2 feet wide, and 14 inches thick. It was erected and inscribed by Moabite King Mesha. When it was found the Berlin Museum quickly negotiated for it while the French Consulate at Jerusalem offered more money.
  10. christianheritage.info

    From Wikipedia: The Mesha Stele, also known as the Moabite Stone, is a stele dated around 840 BCE containing a significant Canaanite inscription in the name of King Mesha of Moab (a kingdom located in modern Jordan).Mesha tells how Chemosh, the god of Moab, had been angry with his people and had allowed them to be subjugated to the Kingdom of Israel, but at length, Chemosh returned and ...

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