Detail of the Mesha Stele. The ancient basalt monument, also known as the "Moabite Stone," bears a Canaanite inscription documenting the victories of King Mesha of Moab. The stele is currently on ...

A stele with Hebrew script, commemorating the successful revolt of Mesha, King of Moab, against Ahab, King of Israel (see 2 Kings III). From Diban in Moab.

Now, the Mesha Stele is on display at the Louvre Museum in Paris; about two-thirds of the tablet are made of its original pieces, and the remaining one-third is made of modern writing on plaster ...

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 legendary King Balak from the Book of Numbers may have been a real historical figure, according to a new reading of the Mesha Stele, the longest extra-biblical inscription in existence. The ...

The biblical King Balak may have been a historical figure, according to a new reading of the Mesha Stele, an inscribed stone dating from the second half of the 9th century BCE.

And archaeologists researching the 9th century BC Mesha Stele now believe a line previously thought to read “House of David” actually refers to the biblical king.

Researchers have verified with a considerable degree of certainty that the Mesha Stele – a basalt stone slab discovered in 1868 east of the Dead Sea – contains explicit references to King David.