Archaeology · 5 · Ahab and Jezebel

Yhwh's oldest mention

Mesha boasts of carrying off Yhwh's sacred objects from Nebo. It's likely the oldest reference to Yhwh in the historical record.

Israel's God enters history on an enemy's stone.

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It also shows Yhwh had a sanctuary at Nebo, east of the Jordan, evidence of the Omride effort to promote Yhwh.

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 82

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