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The Mesha Stele is the longest Iron Age inscription ever found in the region, the major evidence for the Moabite language, and a unique record of military campaigns. The occasion was the erection of a sanctuary for Chemosh in Qarho, the acropolis (citadel) of Dibon, Mesha's capital, in thanks for his aid against Mesha's enemies.
The two main sources for the existence and history of King Mesha are the Mesha Stele and the Hebrew Bible.. Per the Mesha Stele, Mesha's father was also a king of Moab.His name is not totally preserved in the inscription, only the theophoric first element Chemosh(-...) surviving; throughout the years scholars have proposed numerous reconstructions, including Chemosh-gad, [2] Chemosh-melek, [3 ...
The book of Zephaniah states that "Moab will assuredly be like Sodom, and the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah—Ground overgrown with weeds and full of salt mines, and a permanent desolation." (2:9). The prophecy regarding their defeat by the Israelites is linked to the conquests by the Jewish Hasmonean king Alexander Jannaeus .
Gad is mentioned in the Mesha Stele (ca 840 BCE), where the Moabite king Mesha boast about his conquest of Atoroth (very probably Khirbat Ataruz): "And the men of Gad dwelled in the country of Ataroth from ancient times, and the king of Israel fortified Ataroth". Also Mesha calls his father " Chemosh-gad, king of Moab, the Dibonite", indicating ...
The inscription recounts King Mesha’s rebellion against the Kingdom of Israel, a pivotal event also referenced in the Hebrew Bible (2 Kings 3). The Mesha Inscription connected Dhiban with the biblical “Dibon” as well as implying that it was the capital of Mesha, a prominent Moabite king from the 9th century BCE, though its role in Mesha's ...
The three kings led their armies against Mesha, who was driven back to seek refuge in Kir-haraseth. When the situation became desperate for the Moabites, Mesha took his eldest son, who would have inherited his crown, and sacrificed him as a burnt-offering on the wall of the fortress in full sight of the besieging armies. "There was great ...
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2 Kings 3 is the third chapter in the second part of the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible or the Second Book of Kings in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] The book is a compilation of various annals recording the acts of the kings of Israel and Judah by a Deuteronomic compiler in the seventh century BCE, with a supplement added in the sixth century BCE. [3]