Mesha
King Mesha (Moabite: 𐤌𐤔𐤏 *"Māša‘"; Hebrew: מֵישַׁע "Mēša‘") was a king of Moab in the 9th century BCE, known most famously for having the Mesha Stele inscribed and erected at Dibon. In this inscription he calls himself "Mesha, son of Kemosh-[...], the king of Moab, the Dibonite." The two main records: Mesha Stele and the Bible. The two main sources for the existence and history of King Mesha are the Mesha Stele and the Hebrew Bible. Aside from these attestations, references to Mesha are scanty, a possible noteworthy exception being the El-Kerak Inscription. In the Books of Samuel  account, Moab is said to have been conquered by David ( traditional "floruit" c.1000-970 BCE) and retained in the territories of his son Solomon (d. c.931 BCE). Later, after the split of Israel into two kingdoms, King Omri of the northern kingdom of Israel, reconquered Moab after it had been lost subsequent to King Solomon's reign. The Mesha Stele, named after the Moabite king who erected it, makes no mention of earlier history and only mentions the conquest of the land by Omri. The stele records Mesha's liberation of Moab from under the suzerainty of Israel in c.850  BCE. The liberation is stated directly in the Hebrew Bible in @ Kings 3:5 " But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel." This is consistent with the Stele and not inconsistent as cited next. This narrative stands in stark opposition to the version of events given in the Bible.