| 11. | Most of our knowledge about Moabite comes from the Mesha Stele, which is the only known extensive text in this language.
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| 12. | Further biblical evidence suggests that the town later came under Moabite control, as mentioned by Jeremiah in their denunciations of Moab.
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| 13. | Since German archaeologists had not gained possession of the Moabite Stone, they rushed to buy the Shapira Collection ahead of their rivals.
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| 14. | This fictional non-biblical part ends with the sight of the Moabite girl being sacrificed, from which a distressed Ruth flees.
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| 15. | While no examples of early Hebrew orthography have been found, older Moabite texts show how First Temple period Hebrew would have been written.
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| 16. | Gray considered that it would have been in accord with the sentiment of early Israelites to worship the Moabite god on his own territory.
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| 17. | Note also the well-known Moabite inscription from Kerak that begins with the fragmented phrase " . . . MSYT MLK ".
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| 18. | The Moabite Mesha stele ( on display in the Louvre ) indicates that Omri expanded his holdings to include northern Moab east of the Jordan River.
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| 19. | The Bible's story is corroborated by the Mesha Stele, the Moabite Stone that was found in the Jordanian town of Dhiban in 1868.
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| 20. | Also in the vineyard was a shelter with 2 graves : one of Jesse, father of David, and one of Ruth, the Moabite.
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