Mesha

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human king

Mesha was a king of Moab in the 9th century BCE, best known from the Mesha Stele inscription that records his rebellion against the Kingdom of Israel.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
King Mesha of Moab	5
Mesha, king of Moab	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ king ⓘ
associatedWith	Iron Age Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ Omride dynasty of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Dibon NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronologicalRelation	roughly contemporary with Ahab of Israel ⓘ roughly contemporary with Omri of Israel ⓘ
conflict	Moabite rebellion against Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictResult	temporary independence of Moab from Israel ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
countryRuled	Moab NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture	Moabite culture ⓘ
dedicatedToDeity	Chemosh NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedIn	Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ
engagedIn	building projects in Moab ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Moabites NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentForm	monarchy ⓘ
hasEvidenceType	biblical textual evidence ⓘ inscriptional evidence ⓘ
hasTitle	King of Moab NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasWork	Mesha Stele inscription NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalStatus	ancient Near Eastern ruler ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage	Moabite NERFINISHED ⓘ
inscriptionLocation	Dhiban (ancient Dibon) NERFINISHED ⓘ
inscriptionMedium	basalt stele ⓘ
inscriptionScript	Phoenician alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	rebellion against the Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
languageUsed	Moabite language NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInThePresentDayTerritoryOf	Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn	2 Kings 3 ⓘ
militaryAchievement	capture of Israelite towns east of the Jordan ⓘ liberation of Moab from Israelite control ⓘ
notableFor	Mesha Stele NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponent	Kingdom of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
patronDeity	Chemosh NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	King of Moab NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Transjordan NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Moabite religion ⓘ
sourceOfInformation	Biblical narrative in 2 Kings 3 ⓘ Mesha Stele NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOf	biblical scholarship ⓘ epigraphic studies ⓘ
timePeriod	9th century BCE ⓘ
wrote	Mesha Stele inscription NERFINISHED ⓘ