Na'aman says. "The biblical story was written down later than the time of the Moabite king referred to in the Mesha Stele," Prof. Römer adds. "But to proffer a sense of authenticity to his story ...

869-850 BCE), King Mesha of Moab rebelled against Israelite hegemony but was defeated. The two accounts, however, give opposing victors. In the Mesha Stele narrative, the vengeful Moabite king ...

According to Live Science, a 2,800-year-old inscribed stone altar was found in a Moabite sanctuary in the city. Researchers believe that the altar dates back to a time after Mesha, king of Moab ...

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 stele, also known as the Moabite Stone, was erected by Mesha, another King of Moab. It describes various conflicts and conquests. Mesha, and some other figures mentioned on the stone ...

The tablet in question is known as the Mesha Stele ... Mesha Stele describe how King Mesha of Moab triumphed over the Israelites. The inscription is written in Moabite, which is very close ...

In the text, dated to the second half of the 9th century B.C.E., the Moabite King Mesha boasts of defeating the northern Kingdom of Israel and its deity. The study was published in Tel Aviv ...

(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons) The Mesha Stele, also called the Moabite Stone ... that the stele contains explicit references to King David. The stele was discovered in fragments in 1868 ...

Nadav Na’aman, also from TAU, said. “The biblical story was written down later than the time of the Moabite king referred to in the Mesha Stele,” Prof. Thomas Römer of Collège de France added.