Moab
mo'-ab, mo'-ab-its (Moab, mo'abh, Moabite Stone, M-'-B;
Greek (Septuagint) Moab, he Moabeitis, Moabitis; Moabite,
mo'abhi; Moabites, bene mo'abh):
1. The Land:
Moab was the district East of the Dead Sea, extending from a
point some distance North of it to its southern end. The
eastern boundary was indefinite, being the border of the
desert whi...
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1. Son of Lot
Ge 19:37
-2. Plains of
Israelites come in
De 2:17,18
Military forces numbered in
Nu 26:3,63
The law rehearsed in, by Moses
Nu 35; 36; De 29; 30; 31; 32; 33
The Israelites renew their covenant in
De 29:1
The land of promise allotted in
Jos 13:32...
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(of his father), Mo'abites. Moab was the son of the Lot's
eldest daughter, the progenitor of the Moabites. Zoar was
the cradle of the race of Lot. From this centre the brother
tribes spread themselves. The Moabites first inhabited the
rich highlands which crown the eastern side of the chasm of
the Dead Sea, extending as far north as the mounta...
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the seed of the father, or, according to others, the
desirable
land, the eldest son of Lot (Gen. 19:37), of
incestuous birth.
(2.) Used to denote the people of Moab (Num. 22:3-
14; Judg.
3:30; 2 Sam. 8:2; Jer. 48:11, 13).
(3.) The land of Moab (Jer. 48:24), called also the
"country
of Moab" (Ruth 1:2, 6; 2:6), on the east of Jordan
and the...
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("from father"), i.e. the incestuous offspring of Lot's
older daughter, near Zoar, S.E. of the Dead Sea (Genesis
19:37). Originally the Moabites dwelt due E. of the Dead
Sea, from whence they expelled the Emims. Their territory
was 40 miles long, 12 wide, the modern Belka or Kerak
(Deuteronomy 2:10-11). Afterward, Sihon king of the Amorites
d...
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And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the
LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against
Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD....
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And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the
LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria,
and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of
the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and
forsook the LORD, and served not him....
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Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine
heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because
the riches [that] he hath gotten are perished....
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And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do
with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the
prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him,
Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to
deliver them into the hand of Moab....
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