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22⁠ʿōel (or the Aoropolis). And I built the gates thereof, and I built the towers thereof. And

23⁠I built the king's house, and I made the two reser[voirs? for wa]ter in the middle of

24⁠the city. Now cistern there was none in the middle of the city, in Ḳrḥh.^[1] And I said to all the people, Make to

25⁠you every man a cistern in his house. And I cut out the cutting for Ḳrḥh^[1] by means of the prisoner-

26⁠[-s captured from] Yisrāʾēl. I built ʿ^ǎrōʿēr and I made the high-road by the Arnon.

27⁠I built Bēṯ-bāmôṯ for it was destroyed. I built Béṣer for ruins

28⁠[had it become. And the head-me]n of Daiḇôn were 50, for all Daiḇôn was loyal. And I reign-

29⁠-ed [over] 100 in the cities which I added to the land. And I buil-

30⁠-t M^ahēḏ^e[ḇ]ā and Beṯ-diḇlāṯēn, and Beṯ-báʿal-m^eʿôn; and I brought thither the sheep-masters (?)^[2]

31⁠. . . . . . . sheep of the land. And Ḥôrōnēn, there dwelt therein ? ?

32⁠. . . . . . . . [And] K^emôš said unto me, Go down, fight against Ḥôrōnēn. And I went down

33⁠. . . . . and K^emôš [resto]red it in my days. And . . . . . from thence

34⁠. . . . . . . . . And I . . . . .

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1. lines 24, 25. See note, line 3.
2. line 30. See 2 Kings iii. 4.