THE STELE OF MESHA: FAKE NEWS?
“Now Mesha, king of Moab, who raised sheep, used to pay the king of Israel as tribute a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of a hundred thousand rams. But when Ahab died, the king of Moab had rebelled against the king of Israel.”
(II Kings 3:4-5)
The stele of Mesha, also known as the Moabite stone is considered to be one of the firsts extra-Biblical references to Israel in ancient history. It is the longest-ever epigraphic inscription found in the region of Israel and Jordan, it is the first Canaanite inscription found in Palestine (dated around 840 B.C.). The top-rounded black basalt stone was discovered intact in 1868 by a German missionary named Frederick Augustus Klein, it is currently housed in the Louvre Museum in Paris. The monument is in the form of upright stone slab or pillar inscribed in Phoenician characters, an early form of Hebrew. It measures 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide, 34 lines are legible. The Moabite stone discovered in Dhiban is of unique historical importance because it records the military victories of Mesha, king of Moab, against the firmly established kingdom of Israel. King Mesha, son of Khemosh-yatti, king of Moab, from Dibon, threw off the yoke of the son of Humri, king of Israel, who planned to humble Moab like his predecessor. Ultimately, Mesha defeated Israel on many fronts and seized and reclaimed several cities, he killed its inhabitants. From a Biblical standpoint Moab and Israel had an extensive history of conflict, with control of certain regions shifting back and forth over the years. The authoritative full edition of the inscription mentions “Humri” (Omri) the king of israel, the name of Yhwh, supreme deity of Israel and Judah, plus the house of David (or altar of David), an indirect reference to the kingdom of Judah. The remarkable stele of Mesha is physical evidence demonstrating the Hebrew Bible as a reliable historical document. Israel’s military campaign against the Moabite king Mesha is mentioned in Chapter 3 of the 2nd book of Kings (II Kings 3:4-27).
“I am Mesha, the son of Kemosh-Yatti, the king of Moab, from Dibon. My father was king over Moab for thirty years, and I was king after my father. And in Karchoh I made this high place for Kemosh…because he has delivered me from all kings, and because he has made me look down on all my enemies.”
(The stele of king Mesha of Moab)
EVIDENCE OF THE BIBLE’S AUTHENTICITY?
It is important to understand that the translation of the memorial inscription is based on the surviving remains of the original artifact. The stele of king Mesha was found intact by the Anglican missionary F.A. Klein in Dhiban in 1868. There is another version of the story that says that he didn’t actually discover it, he purchased it from some Arab man. Either in 1868 or in 1869 a local Arab hired by a French archeologist named Charles Simon Clermont-Ganneau made a squeeze, a paper-mache of the inscription. He placed the wet paper sheet over the stone and pressing onto the incisions created the letters. But while the paper was drying some folks snatched and tore it in pieces. Soon after that a group of incensed Bedouins stole the black basalt stone and destroyed it. The relic was smashed into fragments in an act of defiance against the Ottoman authorities who wished to give the piece to Germany. By divine providence, slowly and painstakingly, persistent Charles Simon Clemont- Ganneau (and other researchers) managed to locate and purchase most of the fragments. The entire stone was re-constructed, pieced together. The monument sits safely at the Louvre Museum in Paris. Could it be possible that the famous Moabite stone is a forgery? Yes, a forgery designed to connect the Biblical narrative to the ancient world! The authoritative full edition of the inscription is a fraud, 100 % Hollywood.
IF THE BIBLE SAYS IS TRUE IT HAS TO BE TRUE.
‘Omri was the king of Israel, and he oppressed Moab for many days, for Kemosh was angry with his land. And his son succeeded him, and he also said, “I will oppress Moab!” In my days he said so, but I looked down on him and on his house, and Israel has gone to ruin; it has perished forever.”
It is essential to understand that the Bible is not the unquestionable word of God and that the modern day Israelis are not God’s chosen people, there’s nothing supernatural about their lineages (they’re all descended from proselytes one way or another). It is crucial to comprehend that outside of the Bible, the only authentic archaeological piece that mentions “Israel” (Isrila/Sirila) is the Kurkh monolith of Shalmanaser III, son of Ashurnasirpal II, king of Assyria. The artifact discovered in Uctepe/Turkey mentions a defeated king in Syria named “Ahabu Sirila”, a Syro-Phoenician in the area of the Golan heights (or the Valley of Jezreel). Ahabu Sirila has been identified as the Biblical Ahab, a king in Israel that reigned in Samaria and made alliances with the Sidonians (I Kings 16:29-31). The victory stele of the 19th dynasty pharaoh Merneptah does not mention Israel either, it speaks of a people-group named “Isrir”, a direct reference to the followers of the heretic-phraoh Akhenaton who were forced to quit Egypt and settle in Canaan. The loyalists of Akhenaton made a deal with the local Hittite citizens of Hebron and buried their king in the heart of Hebron (in the Cave of Machpelah). The black limestone known as “The black obelisk of Shalmanaser III” does mention “Humri” (Omri), it mentions a tribute bearer named “Yaua the son of Humri”, a king in the Levant (Phoenicia or Northern Israel). This means that the well-established facts about the Moabite stone are not as factual as we might think, the stele of Mesha is fake. The Syro-Phoenician king named Yaua the son of Humri was an ethnic Hurrian, the Hurru were a people associated with Anatolia, Syria, and parts of Mesopotamia. The fake stele of Mesha mentions of the holy vessels of Yahweh which he supposedly dragged before his Moabite God Kemosh. The monotheistic Jews who lived in Roman-occupied Palestine referred to their chief deity as “YHWH”, Yahweh is the same as Jove, equivalent to Set, Baal, Enlil, Zeus, and Jupiter. The ancient Sumerian poem known as “The epic of Gilgamesh” recorded in the Akkadian language speaks of an ogre-demon named “Huwawa” (or Humbaba). The giant Huwawa was subservient to Enlil, he was the guardian of the forests of Lebanon that were sacred to Enlil. The region of Syria, Lebanon, and northern Israel has been known as “The land of Yaa” since the days of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Amenemhet I (12 dynasty).
“In the thirty-first year of Asa, king of Judah, Omri became king; he reigned over Israel twelve years, the first six of them in Tirzah.”
(I Kings 16:23)
ALEXANDER III THE GREAT: THE HISTORICAL KING DAVID.
We have also been told that the stele of king Mesha of Moab contains a clear reference to king David, the god-like ruler of Judah and Israel who struck fear on Israel’s adversaries (David is descended from a Moabitess named Ruth). A portion of the damaged memorial inscription , rendered partially unreadable, mentions “The House of David” or “The altar of David” (Bt Dwd). This is hard-to-digest information but the fact of the matter is that the Biblical David is fictitious personage built on the fragments of somebody else’s life. The sages who wrote the 1st and the 2nd book of Samuel, and the 1st book of Kings created David based on the iconic-historical figure of Alexander III the Great, king of Macedonia and Master of Asia (7/20/356-6/10/323 B.C.E). Alexander was the son of Philip II of Macedon and queen Olympias, he is by far the greatest conquistador of all time. On his panhellenic campaign from mainland Greece, Alexander spanned across Anatolia, Syria, Phoenicia, Samaria, Gaza, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, Afghanistan, and India. So we see, David the son of Jesse never existed. What exactly is the “House of David” mentioned in the Moabite stone? A lie!
CONCLUSIONS.
There is no doubt that the controversial stele of Mesha is a forgery designed to validate and legitimize the Old Testament. Plain and simple: The black basalt stone is a motherfucking fraud! We’ve been lied to…