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And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem , unto the plain of Moreh . And the Canaanite was then in the land.

Are they not on the other side Jordan , by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal , beside the plains of Moreh ?

Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod : so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh , in the valley.

And they took them wives of the women of Moab ; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth : and they dwelled there about ten years.

Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth–lehem–judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab , he, and his wife, and his two sons.

The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham , Ahaz , and Hezekiah , kings of Judah , which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem .

And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth–lehem–judah. And they came into the country of Moab , and continued there.

He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel , and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho .

Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.

When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;

THERE lived a man in Babylon , and his name was Joakim:

The Moabite women invited the men to come and join in their sacrifices to their false gods. So the Israelites joined in worshiping these false gods—they ate the sacrifices and worshiped these gods. There the Israelites began worshiping the false god, Baal of Peor . And the Lord became very angry with them.

And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.

And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir , even unto Hormah .

And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah .

The sons of Japheth ; Gomer , and Magog , and Madai, and Javan , and Tubal , and Meshech , and Tiras.

Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair , the son of Shimei , the son of Kish , a Benjamite;

And Judah begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram ;

After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon , and Og the king of Bashan , which dwelt at Ashtaroth in Edrei :

And again Esther sent to Mordecai in these words:

And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath , and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah .

Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah .