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An Aramaean king's victory stele at Tel Dan names "the house of David" in the ninth century BC.
The mechanism
THE RECORD NAMES THE KING — in an enemy's inscription
How it was checked
- EvidenceT7 PRIMARY DOCUMENT / MEASUREMENT; Status: ADDED 2026-09-18
- Letter eraTHE LINE HELD THROUGH HELL Abraham to Solomon, c. 2000 to c. 930 BC
- Plate — The Tel Dan Stele, Israel Museum, Jerusalem · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JRSLM_300116_Tel_Dan_Stele_01.jpg
- SourcesINSCRIPTION — the Tel Dan Stele (Israel Museum)
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