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Moabite Stone
noun
- a slab of black basalt bearing an inscription recording the victory of Mesha, the king of Moab, over the Israelites, about 860 b.c.
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Origin of Moabite Stone1
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Example Sentences
The palæographical importance of the Moabite stone is equally great.
He has left us a record of his victories, the so-called Moabite Stone, which was discovered among the ruins of his capital, Dibon.
Standing-stones have also been used to record events, like the Moabite Stone or the modern gravestone.
Since the finding of the Moabite Stone no discovery has been as important as that of the Siloam inscription.
The Moabite Stone, the oldest extant Hebrew inscription, was one of the things that we made a point of seeing.
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