The Mesha Stele (the Moabite Stone)
Israel's king Omri, his dynasty, his rule over Moab, and the name of Israel's God all appear in a hostile neighbour's monument written within living memory of the events.
Citado fora da BíbliaInscriçãoc. 840 BC
King Mesha of Moab's own account of throwing off Israelite rule — the other side of the story told in 2 Kings 3. He names Omri king of Israel, names Israel's God, and describes taking back Moabite towns. Smashed by locals in a dispute soon after its discovery, it was reconstructed from a paper squeeze taken beforehand.
Omri was king of Israel, and he oppressed Moab many days… and his son succeeded him, and he too said, 'I will oppress Moab.'
- Encontrado
- Dhiban (biblical Dibon), Jordan, 1868 — Frederick Augustus Klein
- Conservado em
- Musée du Louvre, Paris (AO 5066)
- Língua
- Moabite
- Como chegou até nós
- Escavado, ou ainda de pé onde foi construído.
O que mostra
The Omri passage and the divine name are secure. A separate, damaged line (31) has been read by some as "House of David"; that reading is contested and should not be leaned on.
Como os historiadores o usam
A primary source for Iron Age Moab and for Israelite–Moabite relations in every secular treatment of the period.
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