Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century (1903)
Hilprecht, H. V. (Hermann Vollrat), 1859-1925, Benzinger, I. (Immanuel), 1865-1935, Hommel, Fritz, 1854-1936, Jensen, P. (Peter), 1861-1936, Steindorff, Georg, 1861-1951 · Philadelphia : A. J. Holman · leaf 715
drevolted. Mesha onhis stone recountsthe events that ledup to this war, and relates how Omri, king of Israel, andhis son Ahab oppressed Moab and took possession ofthe land of Medeba. By the grace of Chemosh, god of theMoabites, Mesha recovered the land. He took from theIsraelites the fortified… … Victory Stele of King Mesha of Moab