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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Mesha
     middle district, Vulgate, Messa. (1.) A plain in that part of
     the boundaries of Arabia inhabited by the descendants of Joktan
     (Gen. 10:30).
     
       (2.) Heb. meysh'a, "deliverance," the eldest son of Caleb (1


     Chr. 2:42), and brother of Jerahmeel.
     
       (3.) Heb. id, a king of Moab, the son of Chemosh-Gad, a man of
     great wealth in flocks and herds (2 Kings 3:4). After the death
     of Ahab at Ramoth-Gilead, Mesha shook off the yoke of Israel;
     but on the ascension of Jehoram to the throne of Israel, that
     king sought the help of Jehoshaphat in an attempt to reduce the
     Moabites again to their former condition. The united armies of
     the two kings came unexpectedly on the army of the Moabites, and
     gained over them an easy victory. The whole land was devastated
     by the conquering armies, and Mesha sought refuge in his last
     stronghold, Kir-harasheth (q.v.). Reduced to despair, he
     ascended the wall of the city, and there, in the sight of the
     allied armies, offered his first-born son a sacrifice to
     Chemosh, the fire-god of the Moabites. This fearful spectacle
     filled the beholders with horror, and they retired from before
     the besieged city, and recrossed the Jordan laden with spoil (2
     Kings 3:25-27).
     
       The exploits of Mesha are recorded in the Phoenician
     inscription on a block of black basalt found at Dibon, in Moab,
     usually called the "Moabite stone" (q.v.).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Mesha, burden; salvation
  

















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