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 ====== Mesha Stele ======
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 The stele is roughly 60 cm wide and 60 cm thick, carved in durable black basalt. It provides one of the earliest extra-biblical attestations to figures and places mentioned in the Old Testament and offers a Moabite perspective on Israel-Moab relations in the 9th century BC.
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 ===== Discovery and Preservation =====
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-Following Omri’s reign, his son Ahab (874–853 BC) maintained Israelite control over Moab. The biblical account in [[2 Kings 3:5|:2 Kings 3:5]] states that after Ahab’s death, Mesha rebelled against Israel:
+Following Omri’s reign, his son Ahab (874–853 BC) maintained Israelite control over Moab. The biblical account in [[:2 Kings 3:5|2 Kings 3:5]] states that after Ahab’s death, Mesha rebelled against Israel:
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