Texts · 5 · Ahab and Jezebel
'Chemosh saved me from all aggressors'
Mesha credits his god Chemosh with saving him and letting him look on his enemies with contempt. Strikingly similar phrases appear in the Psalms about Yhwh.
Shared language across rival kingdoms.
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Rulers of Israel and Judah likely commissioned similar inscriptions, and some may underlie parts of the Bible's Palace History.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 79
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