After
studying new photographs of the Mesha Stele and the squeeze of the
stele prepared before the stone was broken, Israel Finkelstein, Nadav Na’aman & Thomas Römer dismiss Lemaire’s
proposal to read 
(‘House of David’) on Line 31. It is now clear that there are three
consonants in the name of the monarch mentioned there, and that the
first is a beth. They cautiously propose that the name on Line 31
be read as Balak, the king of Moab referred to in the Balaam story in
Numbers 22–24.
(‘House of David’) on Line 31. It is now clear that there are three
consonants in the name of the monarch mentioned there, and that the
first is a beth. They cautiously propose that the name on Line 31
be read as Balak, the king of Moab referred to in the Balaam story in
Numbers 22–24.
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