jan 1, 840 BC - Mesha Stele
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Mentions Omri, king of Israel and his descendants (inferred to be Ahab and Joram). Also associates Israel with the Name of God (it uses the tetragrammaton).
In line 31, it mentions the house of David.
https://library.biblicalarchaeology.org/article/meshas-stele-and-the-house-of-david/
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