The Secrets of the Moabite Stone

The Moabite Stone sat in a museum basement for decades before anyone realized its true

historical significance. It confirmed a biblical king that many skeptics claimed had never actually

existed in history. This three thousand year old black basalt slab literally names King Omri

of Israel. Archaeologists had dismissed the accounts until a Bedouin tribesman found this monument

in Jordan. Local tribes tried to destroy it by heating it with fire and

dousing it with water. The stone shattered into pieces, but scholars painstakingly

reassembled the fragments like a puzzle. The Bible's historical accuracy got a massive credibility boost

from this unexpected ancient rock.