Tel Dan Stele (House of David Inscription)
Tel Dan Stele ( House of David Inscription ) (Interactive 3D Epigraphic Scan • 2 Kings 8 –9): Broken 9th-century BC basalt stele discovered at Tel Dan in 1993–1994 containing an Old Aramaic victory inscription of King Hazael of Aram - Damascus that explicitly references the ' House of David ' (bytdwd) alongside Kings Jehoram of Israel and Ahaziah of Judah . It is closely linked with Tel Dan Stele — ' House of David ' (Bytdwd) Inscription (IMAGE • archaeology): Ninth-century BCE basalt stele fragment discovered in northern Israel preserving the earliest extra-biblical reference to King David 's dynasty ('House of David').