Moab in Wikipedia
Moab (Hebrew: מוֹאָב, Modern Mo'av Tiberian Môʼāḇ ; "seed of
father"; Greek Μωάβ Mōav; Arabic مؤاب, Assyrian Mu'aba, Ma'ba,
Ma'ab ; Egyptian Mu'ab) is the historical name for a
mountainous strip of land in modern-day Jordan running along
the eastern shore of the Dead Sea. In ancient times, it was
home to the kingdom of the Moabites, a people often in
conflict with their Israelite neighbors to the west. The
Moabites were a historical people, whose existence is attested
to by numerous archeological findings, most notably the Mesha
Stele, which describes the Moabite victory over an unnamed son
of King Omri of Israel.[1] Their capital was Dibon, located
next to the modern Jordanian town of Dhiban...
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