Again it is an offence in me that I have entered the city of Gezer and ordered the city to assemble, saying, 'The king has taken my property and the property of Malchiel.' How could I know what Malchiel has done against me?
Again the king has written to Bin-Sumya; he does not know that Bin-Sumya has marched along with the Bedawin, and lo, I have delivered him into the hand of Adda-dan.

Again, if the king sends for my wife, how shall I withhold her; and if the king writes to myself, 'Plunge an iron sword in thy heart and die,' how shall I not perform the commandment of the king ?" IV THE MOABITE STONE (_See page 112_) 1.

I am Mesha the son of Chemosh-melech, king of Moab, the Dibonite.
2.

My father reigned over Moab thirty years, and I reigned 3.

after my father.