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).

Nov 18, 2022 · 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.

Feb 11, 2019 · 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.

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.

Jan 11, 2023 · Does the Mesha Stele mention King David of the Bible? In the ninth century BCE, King Mesha of Moab set up a stela in his capital Dibon. It chronicled his military victories over his enemies, including Israel and possibly Judah, called the “House of David.”

Nov 1, 2022 · The Mesha Stele chronicles the victories of King Mesha of Moab over Israel and Judah. It was discovered in Dibon in 1868 and broken into many pieces shortly afterward. Later, Charles Clermont-Ganneau recovered many of the pieces and reassembled the stela.

Dec 18, 1995 · His subject was the Mesha Stele (also known as the Moabite Stone), the most extensive inscription ever recovered from ancient Palestine. Found in 1868 at the ruins of biblical Dibon and later fractured, the basalt stone wound up in the Louvre, where Lemaire spent seven years studying it.

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.

Dec 4, 2020 · 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.

Jul 14, 2020 · 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 of Moab, an ...