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  1. 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.
  2. 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 ...
  3. ancientpages.com

    A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Mesha Stele, which is also known as the Moabite Stone, is one of the most valuable Biblical artifacts. It was accidentally discovered among the ruins of Dhiban (Biblical "Dibon," capital of Moab), 20 miles east of the Dead Sea, by a German missionary F. A. Klein in 1868.
  4. jewishvirtuallibrary.org

    MESHA STELE, an inscribed basalt stele, measuring about 40 inches (one meter) high and about 28 inches (70 centimeters) wide, erected by *Mesha , king of Moab, at Dibon (today, Dhībân), probably in the third quarter of the ninth century, B.C.E.The shape of the stele, with a flat base and rounded top, is characteristic of those erected by kings of that period.
  5. newworldencyclopedia.org

    The Mesha Stele, also known as the Moabite Stone, is a black basalt monument bearing an inscription by the ninth century B.C.E. Moabite King Mesha. Discovered in 1868 at Dhiban, Jordan (biblical "Dibon," the capital of Moab), the inscription of 34 lines is the most extensive document ever recovered referring contemporaneously to ancient Israel. The stele was erected by Mesha circa 850 B.C.E ...
  6. biblical-archaeology.org

    The text on the stele describes the military victories and accomplishments of King Mesha of Moab, who was a ruler in the region during the 9th century BCE. The stele is approximately 1.1 meters in height and 60 cm wide, and it is inscribed with 34 lines of text in the Moabite language, which is similar to Hebrew.
  7. biblical-archaeology.org

    The Mesha Stele is an incredibly artifact which was found at the site of Dibon in modern Jordan. It is the longest narrative historical text found in the Iron Age Levant to date. It has a fascinating story of discovery and offers important insights into ancient Moab, it's king Mesha, Moabite theology of their national god Kemosh (Chemosh) and ...
  8. helpmewithbiblestudy.org

    The Mesha Stele (or Moabite Stone) is a 3 foot high basalt slab inscription that was discovered near Dibon (modern Dhiban, Jordan) in 1868 by Frederick Augustus Klein. It dates to 850-840 BC and speaks to the Moabite / Israelite relations in the 9th century BC the time of King Ahab. It is presently housed in the Louvre Museum, Department of ...
  9. The Mesha Inscription, or Moabite Stone, is an Iron Age text in a language related to Hebrew inscribed on a large stone near Dhiban in Jordan (ancient ... Dearman, J. Andrew, and Gerald L. Mattingly. "Mesha Stele." Pages 708-09 in vol. 4 of The Anchor Bible Dictionary. 6 vols. Edited by David Noel Freedman. New York: Doubleday, 1992. Mesha ...
  10. drivethruhistory.com

    The Mesha Stele One of the most important early discoveries in Biblical Archaeology was of the "Mesha Stele" in what is now modern-day Jordan. This massive stone monument from the 9th century BC was inscribed in an ancient language called Moabite, very similar to Hebrew, and it tells the story of 2 Kings 3 from the perspective of King Mesha ...
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