Moabite Stone News Today

Merry Christmas, Dear Reader! As part of your celebrations today, we thought we'd share some of the most incredible Biblical discoveries of 2023.

Thus far, in my articles and my 2023 book, The Word Set in Stone: How Archaeology, Science, and History Back Up the Bible, I have documented I provide extrabiblical documentation for ten kings of Judah & Israel, adding to my 15 previous similar efforts, for a total of 25 out of 42, or 60% "outside" verification.

The wicked reign of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel is summarized in the Bible as follows: 1 Kings 16:29-33 (RSV) In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of I offer various archaeological evidences of the time-period and various aspects and events regarding wicked King Ahab and Queen Jezebel, in the 9th c. B.C.

This excerpt is the first four-and-a-half pages of Chapter Eleven (“King David Versus King Arthur”) of my book, The Word Set in Stone: How Archaeology, Excerpt about King David, from my book, "The Word Set in Stone: How Archaeology, Science, and History Back up the Bible" (Catholic Answers Press, 3-15-23).

André Lemaire and Jean-Philippe Delorme recently published an article in Biblical Archaeology Review (Winter 2022) summarizing new evidence supporting the claim that the Mesha Stele (Moabite Stone) refers to Beit David, the “House of David.”

Two French scholars claimed in early January that they have deciphered the Mesha Stele and revealed a reference to the "House of David"

An ancient stone dating back to the ninth century BC may contain a reference to one of the most legendary figures of the Bible.

The State of Israel existed thousands of years ago and a slab of stone bearing a long description of a Moabite war against ancient Israel that mentions

Researchers at the Louvre Museum in Paris have confirmed that the text on an ancient stone on displayed there, the Moabite Stone, also known as the Mesha Stele, refers to King David in the Bible. The Moabite Stone, dating back to 840 BC, was found fragmented, in 1868, in the region of Moab in Jordan, about 15 miles east of the Dead Sea.

Israeli researchers have discovered written records of biblical King David.