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    Mesha Stele

    Stele set up around 840 BCE by King Mesha of Moab

    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. 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 assisted Mesha to throw off the yoke of Israel and restore the lands of Moab. Mesha also describes his many building projects. It is written in a variant of the Phoenician alphabet, closely related to the Paleo-Hebrew script. The stone was discovered intact by Frederick Augustus Klein, an Anglican missionary, at the site of ancient Dibon, in August 1868. A "squeeze" had been obtained by a local Arab on behalf of Charles Simon Clermont-Ganneau, an archaeologist based in the French consulate in Jerusalem. Wikipedia

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  2. biblicalarchaeology.org

    Full translation of the Mesha Stele, an ancient Moabite inscription that might reference the "House of David" ... The stone contains 34 lines of text, which have been translated into English. The italicized portions of the text, though likely, are not certain. Bracketed words and letters represent restorations of the text.
    • The Text of the Moabite Stone - The BAS Library

      The following translation is an attempt to reproduce the Moabite text as closely as possible. Paragraph divisions are not in the original inscription, but are added in the translation for convenience. ... They are inserted here because sections of the Moabite Stone are referred to by line in this article. Brackets indicate places where the text ...

    • The Mesha Stele and King David of the Bible

      Carved from black basalt, the Mesha Stele (also called the Moabite Stone) measures about 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide. It contains 34 lines of text, with the possible "House of David" reference appearing on its 31st line. King Mesha set up the victory stela in his capital, Dibon (modern Dhiban in Jordan).

    • Scholars Identify Biblical King Balak on the Mesha Stele

      How the Mesha Stele—also called the Moabite Stone—became public is an incredible tale itself. As described in Bible History Daily: ... Such improper and overly loose translation procedures will never provide a good translation, hence the continuing disagreements. A proper translation is a word by word translation based upon a multi-text ...

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  4. en.wikipedia.org

    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 assisted Mesha to throw ...
  5. 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 ...
  6. library.biblicalarchaeology.org

    The following translation is an attempt to reproduce the Moabite text as closely as possible. Paragraph divisions are not in the original inscription, but are added in the translation for convenience. ... They are inserted here because sections of the Moabite Stone are referred to by line in this article. Brackets indicate places where the text ...
  7. biblicalarchaeology.org

    Jan 11, 2023Carved from black basalt, the Mesha Stele (also called the Moabite Stone) measures about 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide. It contains 34 lines of text, with the possible "House of David" reference appearing on its 31st line. King Mesha set up the victory stela in his capital, Dibon (modern Dhiban in Jordan).
  8. biblicalarchaeology.org

    Dec 5, 2024How the Mesha Stele—also called the Moabite Stone—became public is an incredible tale itself. As described in Bible History Daily: ... Such improper and overly loose translation procedures will never provide a good translation, hence the continuing disagreements. A proper translation is a word by word translation based upon a multi-text ...
  9. ancient-hebrew.org

    Moabite Writing Surface: Basalt Stone Transliteration: TBD Translation: 1 I am Mesha, son of Chemosh[-yatti], the king of Moab, the Dibonite. 2 My father (had) reigned over Moab for thirty years, and I reigned 3 after my father. And I made this high-place for Chemosh in Qarcho . . .
  10. In 1868 a stone stele was discovered with an inscription recounting how Mesha, the king of Moab, defeated Ahab, the king of the Israelites, in battle (ca. 840 BCE). It's essentially a hymn of praise to the principal Moabite deity Chemosh erected in thanks for his divine support. The
  11. jewishencyclopedia.com

    The translation of the first two-thirds of the inscription is as follows: "I am Mesha, son of Chemosh . . . (?), King of Moab, the Dibonite. My father reigned over Moab thirty years, and I became king after my father, ... The literature in connection with the Moabite stone is quite large. Inasmuch as the elucidation of the language of the ...
  12. kchanson.com

    TRANSLATION by K. C. Hanson ... "The Moabite Stone as a Memorial Stele." Palestine Exploration Quarterly 106 (1974) 9-18. Miller, Patrick D. "A Note on the Mesha Inscription." Orientalia 38 (1969) 461-64. Pardee, Dennis. "Literary Sources for the History of Palestine and Syria II. Hebrew, Moabite, Ammonite and Edomite Inscriptions."
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