THE BIBLE and archaeology go hand in hand, according to an expert who believes a 3,300-year-old ruin and cuneiform tablet validate scripture's "historical accuracy".

Its letters match the dialect of the Mesha Stele and fall in the era when the Bible says Moabite king Eglon held Jericho for “eighteen years” (Judges 3) .

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We know from the bible that Balak was the king of Moab and that he ruled from a location in southern Moab—as described in the Stele," he told Newsweek.

“This king, thereafter, set up his throne in Jericho, the city of Palm trees. The Lord deliberately gave Eglon power over Israel because they had moved away from God.