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Mesha Scripture - 2 Kings 3:4

And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool....

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Mesha Scripture - 1 Chronicles 2:42

Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel [were], Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron....

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Mesha Scripture - Genesis 10:30

And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east....

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Mesha in Wikipedia

The books of Samuel record that Moab was conquered by David (floruit c.1000-970 BCE) and retained in the territories of his son Solomon (d. 931 BCE). Later, King Omri of Israel reconquered Moab after Moab was lost subsequent to King Solomon's reign. The Mesha Stele, erected by Mesha, indicates that it was Omri, king of the northern kingdom of ...

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Mesha in Hitchcock's Bible Names

burden; salvation...

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Mesha in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(freedom). 1. The name of one of the geographical limits of the Joktanites when they first settled in Arabia. Ge 10:30 2. The king of Moab who was tributary to Ahab, 2Ki 3:4 but when Ahab fell at Ramoth-gilead, Mesha refused to pay tribute to his successor, Jehoram. When Jehoram succeeded to the throne of Israel, one of his first acts was to...

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Mesha in Easton's Bible Dictionary

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 Ki...

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Mesha in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. King of Moab. frontDIBON on his victorious campaign against Israel, and confirmation of Scripture.) Revolted at Ahab's death (2 Kings 1:1; 2 Kings 3:4-5). Being "sheepmasters" the Moabites had rendered tribute to Israel ever since David's days (2 Samuel 8:2) in flocks, 100,000 lambs, and 100,000 rams with the wool. Isaiah (Isaiah 16:1) cou...

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Mesha in Naves Topical Bible

-1. King of Moab Tributary to Ahab 2Ki 3:4,5 -2. Son of Caleb 1Ch 2:42 -3. A place in possession of the Joktanites Ge 10:30 -4. A Benjamite 1Ch 8:9...

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Mesha in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

me'-sha: (1) (mesha`; Codex Vaticanus, Marisa; Codex Alexandrinus, Marisas): Caleb's firstborn son, the father of Ziph, probably the ancestor of the Ziphites (1 Ch 2:42). (2) (mesha'; Codex Vaticanus, Misa; Codex Alexandrinus, Mosa): A Benjamite, son of Shaharaim by his wife Hodesh, born in the land of Moab (1 Ch 8:9). (3) (mesha`; Mosa): A kin...

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