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-I am Mesha, son of Kemoshyat, king of Moab, the Dibonite.
+  * I am Mesha, son of Kemoshyat, king of Moab, the Dibonite.
+  * My father reigned over Moab thirty years, and I reigned after my father.
+  * I made this high place for Kemosh in Qarho because he saved me from all the kings and made me look down on all my enemies.
-My father reigned over Moab thirty years, and I reigned after my father.
+  * Omri was king of Israel, and he oppressed Moab many days, for Kemosh was angry with his land.
+  * And his son succeeded him, and he too said: I will oppress Moab. In my days, he said so.
-I made this high place for Kemosh in Qarho because he saved me from all the kings and made me look down on all my enemies.
+  * But I looked down on him and on his house, and Israel has gone to ruin forever!
+  * Omri had taken possession of the whole land of Medeba, and he lived there during his days and half the days of his son, forty years.
-Omri was king of Israel, and he oppressed Moab many days, for Kemosh was angry with his land.
+  * But Kemosh restored it in my days. I built Baal-Meon, and I made in it a reservoir.
+  * I built Kiriathaim.
-And his son succeeded him, and he too said: I will oppress Moab. In my days, he said so.
+  * The men of Gad had dwelled in Ataroth from of old, and the king of Israel built Ataroth for himself.
+  * But I fought against the city and captured it. I killed all the people from the city as a sacrifice for Kemosh and for Moab.
-But I looked down on him and on his house, and Israel has gone to ruin forever!
+  * And I brought back from there the altar-hearth of his beloved, and I dragged it before Kemosh in Kerioth.
+  * I settled in it the men of Sharon and the men of Maharith.
-Omri had taken possession of the whole land of Medeba, and he lived there during his days and half the days of his son, forty years.
+  * And Kemosh said to me, "Go, take Nebo from Israel!"
+  * So I went by night and fought against it from the break of dawn till noon.
-But Kemosh restored it in my days. I built Baal-Meon, and I made in it a reservoir.
+  * And I took it and killed all of them: 7,000 men, boys, women, girls, and maidservants, for I had devoted them to Ashtar-Kemosh.
+  * And from there I took the vessels of Yahweh, and I dragged them before Kemosh.
-I built Kiriathaim.
+  * And the king of Israel had built Jahaz and lived in it while he fought against me, but Kemosh drove him out before me.
+  * I took from Moab 200 men, all its warriors, and I led them up against Jahaz and seized it to add it to Dibon.
-The men of Gad had dwelled in Ataroth from of old, and the king of Israel built Ataroth for himself.
+  * I built Aroer, and I made the highway in the Arnon valley.
+  * I built Beth-Bamoth, for it was destroyed. I built Bezer, for it was in ruins.
-But I fought against the city and captured it. I killed all the people from the city as a sacrifice for Kemosh and for Moab.
+  * And the men of Dibon were armed, for all of Dibon was under my command.
+  * I ruled over 100 towns that I added to the land.
-And I brought back from there the altar-hearth of his beloved, and I dragged it before Kemosh in Kerioth.
+  * And I built... [damaged]
+  * ...with the prisoners of Israel. I built...
-I settled in it the men of Sharon and the men of Maharith.
+  * ...the house of the king. I made... [damaged]
+  * ...broad cisterns in the midst of the city.
-And Kemosh said to me, "Go, take Nebo from Israel!"
+  * And there was no cistern in the city of Qarho, and I said to all the people: "Make yourselves every man a cistern in his house."
+  * And I cut out the moat for Qarho by means of prisoners from Israel.
-So I went by night and fought against it from the break of dawn till noon.
+  * I built Qarho, the wall of the forests and the wall of the citadel.
+  * And the men of Horonaim dwelled in it before. And the House of David lived in Horonaim... [fragmentary]
-And I took it and killed all of them: 7,000 men, boys, women, girls, and maidservants, for I had devoted them to Ashtar-Kemosh.
+  * And Kemosh said to me, "Go down, fight against Horonaim and seize it."
+  * And I went down and fought against the city, and I took it and Kemosh restored it in my days.
-And from there I took the vessels of Yahweh, and I dragged them before Kemosh.
+  * ...I built... [final lines too damaged to reconstruct fully]
-And the king of Israel had built Jahaz and lived in it while he fought against me, but Kemosh drove him out before me.
-I took from Moab 200 men, all its warriors, and I led them up against Jahaz and seized it to add it to Dibon.
-I built Aroer, and I made the highway in the Arnon valley.
-I built Beth-Bamoth, for it was destroyed. I built Bezer, for it was in ruins.
-And the men of Dibon were armed, for all of Dibon was under my command.
-I ruled over 100 towns that I added to the land.
-And I built... [damaged]
-...with the prisoners of Israel. I built...
-...the house of the king. I made... [damaged]
-...broad cisterns in the midst of the city.
-And there was no cistern in the city of Qarho, and I said to all the people: "Make yourselves every man a cistern in his house."
-And I cut out the moat for Qarho by means of prisoners from Israel.
-I built Qarho, the wall of the forests and the wall of the citadel.
-And the men of Horonaim dwelled in it before. And the House of David lived in Horonaim... [fragmentary]
-And Kemosh said to me, "Go down, fight against Horonaim and seize it."
-And I went down and fought against the city, and I took it and Kemosh restored it in my days.
-...I built... [final lines too damaged to reconstruct fully]