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A block of black basalt, found at Dibon in Moab by Rev. F. A. Klein, Aug. 19, 1868, which bears an inscription of thirty-four lines, dating from the 9th century b. c., and written in the Moabite alphabet, the oldest Phoenician type of the Semitic alphabet. It records the victories of Mesha, king of Moab, esp. those over Israel (2 Kings iii. 4, 5, 27).

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Moabite Stone'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/moabite-stone.html. 1828.
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