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