Mesha in the Bible

Meaning: burden; salvation

Exact Match

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

Thematic Bible



King Mesha of Moab was a sheep breeder. He used to pay the king of Israel 100,000 lambs and the wool of 100,000 rams, but when Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.


Their settlements extended from Mesha to Sephar, the eastern hill country.


The sons of Caleb brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha, his firstborn, fathered Ziph, and Mareshah, his second son, fathered Hebron.


His sons by his wife Hodesh: Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam,


References

Hastings

Easton

American

Fausets

Morish

Smith

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