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10Ḳiryāṯēn. Now the men of Gaḏ had dwelt in the land of ʿ^ǎṭarôṯ from of old; and the king of Yi[srāʾēl (beginning of line 11)] built for himself

11ʿ^ǎṭarôṯ. And I fought against the city and took it. And I slew all the people [from]

12the city, a gazing-stock for K^emôš and for Mōʾāḇ. And I restored (or captured) from thence the altar-hearth (?) of Dāwḏôh (or its tutelary spirit?), and I drag-

13-ged it before K^emôš in Ḳ^eriyyôṯ. And I placed therein the men of Šrn^[1] and the men of

14Mḥrṯ.^[2] And K^emôš said unto me Go, seize N^eḇôh against Yisrāʾēl. And I

15went by night, and fought against it from dawn unto noon. And I sei-

16-zed it and slew all of it, 7000 men and men-sojourners^[3] and women & [women-sojourner-]^[3]

17-s, and damsels; for to ʿaštar-K^emôš had I devoted it. And I took from thence the [ves-]

18-sels of Yahweh, and dragged them before K^emôš. Now the king of Yisrāʾēl had built

19Yáhaṣ, and dwelt therein while he fought against me. And K^emôš drove him away from before me, and

20I took from Mōʾāḇ 200 men, all the head-men thereof; and I brought them up against Yáhaṣ, and seized it

21to add unto Daiḇôn. I built Ḳrḥh,^[4] the wall of Y^eʿārîn (or the woods), and the wall of

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1. line 13. Šārōn (?)
2. line 14. Maḥarāṯ (?)
3. line 16. I.e., recognised settlers. Cf. 2 Sam. i. 13.
4. line 21. See note, line 3.