Show the known in the of the louvre paris la that position set apart for hebrew may bo seen the famous pillar of king mesa it ie fashioned from pure black basalt measures 40 inches in height 2 in width and 14 fn thickness TorS years this camou historical etela remained in one position in the country of the on abo shores of the dead aea at the spot as la supposed eup posed where the frontier of their territory joined with that of the trita of reuben it bears upon ian faces the very oldest inscriptions that have yet been deciphered characters words aad bent encee that were graved thereon at a time contemporaneous with the bible year before the birth 0 abo saviour one remarkable thing in connection with this antique pillar and its history ia the fact that it waa not burand in alio and most well preserved ancient relics have been but remained standing erect in the full light of the day for twenty eight centuries the first news of the of this ancient anci pillar was communicated to M clermont one of the french consuls at jerusalem la 1870 the great historical value atthe und may bo judged from abo fact that many of the tlona supply facts that jiahe been wholly omitted from the biblical ac counte of tar ware between king moa and kouw Kp uW fc A |