Where is "and the empire that he fought?" Besides building an ivory house,
I don't see any thing that is so different from other kings who didn't
successfully defend against the Assyrian empire.
> >Or why does Mesha in the Mesha stele claim he revolted under Omri's son?
>Does he have some hidden agenda in claiming that? Is it not possible that> >"fulfill" the prophecy in 1 Kings 21:28 - 29?
>the Bible just "slightly corrected" the date of revolt of Mesha so as to
>> HH: Omri was the founder of the dynasty. We all should be familiar
with the fact that the term "son" can mean grandson or even more
distant kinship links. So a revolt at the time of Ahab's son would
fulfill the words of the Mesha stele:
The Mesha stele says: "Omri the king of Israel, and he tortured Moab many
days, for Kemosh has despised his country. And his son replaced him and
said also, "I shall torture Moab!" ... And Omri inherited the country
of Mehedba,
and resided in it through the rest of his days and through the midst
of his son's
days, 40 years." This doesn't sound like he is speaking of Omri's grandson.
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