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Moabites

Moabites (Generation 23 • Child of Moab ): Moabites is a biblical figure in Generation 23, child of Moab . ( Genesis 19:37 ) It is closely linked with Moab (Generation 22 • Child of Lot ): Moab is a biblical figure in Generation 22, child of Lot , parent of Moabites. ( Genesis 19:37 )

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Moabites (Generation 23 • Child of Moab ): Moabites is a biblical figure in Generation 23, child of Moab . ( Genesis 19:37 ) (mentioned in Genesis 19 , Numbers 22 , Deuteronomy 2 ) Moab (Generation 22 • Child of Lot ): Moab is a biblical figure in Generation 22, child of Lot , parent of Moabites. ( Genesis 19:37 ) (mentioned in Genesis 19 , Genesis 36 , Exodus 15 ) Becorath (Generation 25 • Child of Rapha (or Aphiah ?)): Becorath is a biblical figure in Generation 25, child of Rapha (or Aphiah?), parent of Zeror . ( 1 Samuel 9:1 ) (mentioned in 1 Samuel 9 ) Ammonites (Generation 23 • Child of Ben Ammi ): Ammonites is a biblical figure in Generation 23, child of Ben Ammi . ( Genesis 19:38 ) (mentioned in Genesis 19 , Deuteronomy 2 , 1 Samuel 11 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Moab (Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 36:35 , Ex 15:15 , Num 21:11 , Num 21:13 , Num 21:15 , Num 21:20 (identified with Dibon 1 ).) Ammon (Ancient biblical location referenced in Deut 2:19 , Deut 2:37 , Judg 11:27 , 2 Chr 20:10 , 2 Chr 20:22 , 2 Chr 20:23 .) Paphos (Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 13:6 , Acts 13:13 .) Dannah (Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:49 .)

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include 2 Kings 3:24 : "And when they came to the camp of Israel , the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites , so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites , even in their co..."; Deuteronomy 2:11 : "Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims."; 1 Chronicles 18:2 : "And he smote Moab ; and the Moabites became David 's servants, and brought gifts.". Related canonical books and chapters: Ezra 9 ( Ezra • Chapter 9 (15 verses)), 1 Kings 11 ( 1 Kings • Chapter 11 (43 verses)), Genesis 19 ( Genesis • Chapter 19 (38 verses)).

Connected Topics & Entities Book/Chapter Verse Person Place Lexicon Theology Commentary

Topics, People & Places (36)

Moabites
99% Gen 23
Generation 23 • Child of Moab

Moabites is a biblical figure in Generation 23, child of Moab . ( Genesis 19:37 )

Moab
99% Gen 22
Generation 22 • Child of Lot

Moab is a biblical figure in Generation 22, child of Lot , parent of Moabites . ( Genesis 19:37 )

Ezra 9
85% Chapter
Ezra • Chapter 9 (15 verses)

Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel , and the priests, and the Levites , have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Je... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Ammonites , Moabites , Judah , Persia , Jerusalem .

1 Kings 11
82% Chapter
1 Kings • Chapter 11 (43 verses)

But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites , Ammonites , Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; Of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the children of Israel , Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in... Mentions: Solomon , Moabites , Ammonites , Jacob/Israel , David , Moab , Jerusalem , Ammon , Jerusalem's , Edom .

Genesis 19
81% Chapter
Genesis • Chapter 19 (38 verses)

And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom : and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, an... Mentions: Lot, Abram/Abraham , Moab , Moabites , Ammon , Sodom, Zoar , Gomorrah .

1 Chronicles 18
81% Chapter
1 Chronicles • Chapter 18 (17 verses)

Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines. And he smote Moab ; and the Moabites became David 's servants, and brought gifts. And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath ,... Mentions: David, Moab , Moabites , Solomon , Esau ( Edom ), Gath , Zobah , Hamath , Euphrates .

2 Kings 24
80% Chapter
2 Kings • Chapter 24 (20 verses)

In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him. And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites , and bands of the children of Ammon ... Mentions: Jehoiakim (or Eliakim), Moabites , Ammon , Judah , Manasseh , Babylon , Jerusalem , Egypt , Euphrates .

Deuteronomy 2
79% Chapter
Deuteronomy • Chapter 2 (37 verses)

Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the Lord spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days. And the Lord spake unto me, saying, Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward. Mentions: Esau ( Edom ), Moab , Moabites , Lot , Jacob/Israel , Seir , Esau, Elath , Zered .

2 Samuel 8
79% Chapter
2 Samuel • Chapter 8 (18 verses)

And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Metheg–ammah out of the hand of the Philistines. And he smote Moab , and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, ... Mentions: David, Moab , Moabites , Joram , Ammon , Rehob 3 , Zobah , Euphrates , Damascus .

Moab
Connected via Moabites 76% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Dibon 1 • 31.497°N, 35.783°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 36:35 , Ex 15:15 , Num 21:11 , Num 21:13 , Num 21:15 , Num 21:20 (identified with Dibon 1 ).

Numbers 22
76% Chapter
Numbers • Chapter 22 (41 verses)

And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho . And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of t... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Moab, Midian , Moabites , Baal , Jordan , Jericho , Pethor .

Ammon
Connected via Moabites 74% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.950°N, 35.924°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Deut 2:19 , Deut 2:37 , Judg 11:27 , 2 Chr 20:10 , 2 Chr 20:22 , 2 Chr 20:23 .

Mesha Stele (Moabite Stone) — King Mesha of Moab & YHWH
IMAGE • archaeology

Inscribed black basalt slab (c. 840 BCE) recording King Mesha 's rebellion against Israel , mentioning Omri, Chemosh, and the Sacred Name YHWH.

Moabite Royal Scribes • Louvre Museum, Paris (AO 5066) / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Paphos
70% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 34.754°N, 32.400°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 13:6 , Acts 13:13 .

Becorath
69% Gen 25
Generation 25 • Child of Rapha (or Aphiah?)

Becorath is a biblical figure in Generation 25, child of Rapha (or Aphiah ?), parent of Zeror . ( 1 Samuel 9:1 )

2 Kings 23
67% Chapter
2 Kings • Chapter 23 (37 verses)

And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem . And the king went up into the house of the Lord, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and g... Mentions: Judah, Hilkiah , Baal , Joshua , Nathan , Jerusalem, Kidron , Geba 1 , Topheth .

Dannah
66% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.561°N, 34.975°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:49 .

2 Kings 3
65% Chapter
2 Kings • Chapter 3 (27 verses)

Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah , and reigned twelve years. And he wrought evil in the sight of the Lord; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his fat... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Jehoshaphat , Judah , Baal , Moab , Samaria , Mesha , Edom .

2 Kings 13
65% Chapter
2 Kings • Chapter 13 (25 verses)

In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria , and reigned seventeen years. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, whic... Mentions: Joash , Ahaziah , Judah , Jehoahaz (or Johanan ), Jacob/Israel , Samaria , Syria , Aphek 2 .

Jerusalem
Connected via Moabites 64% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 10:1 , Josh 10:3 , Josh 10:5 , Josh 10:23 , Josh 12:10 , Josh 15:8 .

Judges 3
64% Chapter
Judges • Chapter 3 (31 verses)

Now these are the nations which the Lord left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan ; Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof; Namely, fiv... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Canaan , Baal , Moses , Othniel , Lebanon , Hamath , Mesopotamia .

Ruth 2
64% Chapter
Ruth • Chapter 2 (23 verses)

And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz . And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, ... Mentions: Boaz , Moab , Jacob/Israel .

Field of Blood
64% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Matt 27:8 , Acts 1:19 (identified with Jerusalem ).

1 Esdras 8
63% Chapter
1 Esdras • Chapter 8 (96 verses)

And after these things, when Artaxerxes the king of the Persians reigned, came Ezdras the son of Azaraias, the son of Zechrias, the son of Helkias, the son of Salem , the son of Sadduk, the son of Ahitob, the son of Amarias, the son of Ozias, the son of Memeroth, the son of Zarai... Mentions: Eleazar , Aaron , Moses , Jacob/Israel , Ithamar , Salem , Babylon , Jerusalem , Babylonia , Syria .

2 Kings
63% Old Testament
Old Testament • 25 Chapters

2 Kings (Old Testament, 25 chapters). Key figures: Moab , Jacob/Israel , Ahaziah , Baal , Jehoshaphat , Judah . Key places: Moab , Samaria , Baal , Ekron , Gilgal 1 , Jericho . Opens with: "Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab...."

Ammonites
Connected via Moabites 62% Gen 23
Generation 23 • Child of Ben Ammi

Ammonites is a biblical figure in Generation 23, child of Ben Ammi . ( Genesis 19:38 )

Hadrach
62% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Damascus • 33.519°N, 36.313°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Zech 9:1 (identified with Damascus ).

Syria
Connected via Moabites 60% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Damascus • 33.519°N, 36.313°E

region. Referenced in Judg 10:6 , 1 Kgs 10:29 , 1 Kgs 11:25 , 1 Kgs 15:18 , 1 Kgs 19:15 .

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Book of Ruth
VIDEO 59%
VIDEO • overview

Overview of Ruth showing God's loyal love (hesed) quietly orchestrating redemption for a destitute Moabite widow and Naomi, culminating in the ancestry of King David .

BibleProject • BibleProject CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 / Standard YouTube License
Solomon
Connected via Moabites 59% Messianic Line
Generation 34 • Messianic Line • Child of David

Solomon is a biblical figure in Generation 34 of the Messianic Line , child of David , parent of Rehoboam . ( 1 Chronicles 3:5 , Matthew 1:6 )

Edom
Connected via Moabites 59% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Bozrah 1 • 30.735°N, 35.606°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 32:3 , Gen 36:16 , Gen 36:17 , Gen 36:21 , Gen 36:31 , Gen 36:32 (identified with Bozrah 1 ).

Michmash
59% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.870°N, 35.279°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Sam 13:2 , 1 Sam 13:5 , 1 Sam 13:11 , 1 Sam 13:16 , 1 Sam 13:23 , 1 Sam 14:5 .

Ebez
58% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 32.262°N, 35.328°E

now Al-Bathan. Referenced in Josh 19:20 .

Ruth 4
58% Chapter
Ruth • Chapter 4 (22 verses)

Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down. And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. ... Mentions: Boaz, Moab , Jacob/Israel , Leah , Tamar , Tamar 2 , Hezron .

Zeror
Connected via Becorath 58% Gen 26
Generation 26 • Child of Becorath

Zeror is a biblical figure in Generation 26, child of Becorath , parent of Jeiel . ( 1 Samuel 9:1 )

Zair
57% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Zoar • 30.927°N, 35.419°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Kgs 8:21 (identified with Zoar ).

Scripture Passages (24)

And when they came to the camp of Israel , the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites , so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites , even in their country.

Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.

And he smote Moab ; and the Moabites became David 's servants, and brought gifts.

Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,

And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab : the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites , Ammonites , Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;

Ezra 9:1 (KJV)
Ezra 9 KJV

Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel , and the priests, and the Levites , have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites , the Moabites , the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

And this is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.

And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.

And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.

And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.

And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab :

And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood:

An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the Lord for ever:

So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab : and they came to Beth–lehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood in the border.

(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir , and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the Lord our God giveth us.

And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.

On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;

Then said Boaz , What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

And the Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites , neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.

And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the Lord hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab , and suffered not a man to pass over.

And Moab said unto the elders of Midian , Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.

And he smote Moab , and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David 's servants, and brought gifts.

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