Moab in the Bible

Meaning: of his father

Exact Match

Now, Mesha king of Moab, was a sheep-master, - and used to render to the king of Israel, the wool of hundred thousand fat sheep, and of a hundred thousand rams.

Verse ConceptsLambsRamsSheepShepherds, As OccupationsTributesWoolOwning LivestockOne Hundred Thousand And More

And it came to pass, when Ahab died, that the king of Moab revolted against the king of Israel.

And he departed, and sent unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, saying - The king of Moab, hath revolted against me, wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said - I will go up, I am as thou art, my people are as thy people, my horses as thy horses.

Verse ConceptsFighting TogetherPeople Are The SameAcquiring Horses

Then said the king of Israel - Alas! for Yahweh hath called these three kings, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

Verse ConceptsThree MenGiven Into One's HandsGod Will Cause Defeat

And Elisha said unto the king of Israel - What have I and thou in common? get thee unto the prophets of thy father, and unto the prophets of thy mother. But the king of Israel said to him - Nay! for Yahweh hath called together these three kings, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

Verse ConceptsThree MenWhat Have We In Common?Given Into One's HandsGod Will Cause DefeatProphets Of Other Gods

And, this being a small thing in the eyes of Yahweh, he will deliver Moab into your hand;

Verse ConceptsUnimportant ThingsTo Be Given Into One's Hands

Now, all Moab, had heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, - so they came together, from all who could gird on a girdle and upwards, and took their stand at the border.

And they will rise early in the morning, and the sun rose upon the waters and Moab will see from opposite the waters red as blood:

Verse ConceptsTurned To BloodThose Who Rose EarlyRosesSunshine

And they said, This is blood: the kings are entirely destroyed, and have smitten one another; and now, Moab, to the spoil!

Verse ConceptsPlunderingLifebloodKilling One Another

And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, and they fled before them; and they entered in and smote Moab.

Verse ConceptsInvasionsPeoples Who Fled

They destroyed the [walls of the] cities, and each man threw a stone on every piece of good land, covering it [with stones]. And they stopped up all the springs of water and cut down all the good trees, until they left nothing in Kir-hareseth [Moab’s capital city] but its stones. Then the [stone] slingers surrounded the city and destroyed it.

Verse ConceptsSlingsFelling TreesCities Under AttackThrowing StonesPeople Drying Things UpHarming Treescrusades

And the king of Moab saw that the battle was too severe for him, and he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not.

Verse ConceptsSeven To Nine Hundredvulnerability

Then the king of Moab took his eldest son, who was to reign in his place, and offered him [publicly] as a burnt offering [to Chemosh] on the [city] wall [horrifying everyone]. And there was great wrath against Israel, and Israel’s allies [Judah and Edom] withdrew from King Jehoram and returned to their own land.

Verse ConceptsChild sacrificeSanctity Of LifeWallsIdolatry, Wicked Practices OfSacrificing The FirstbornSacrifice

And Elisha will die, and they will bury him. And the troops of Moab will come against the land, the year came in.

Verse ConceptsSpringInvasions

The king also defiled the high places that were across from Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Destruction, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth, the detestable idol of the Sidonians; for Chemosh, the detestable idol of Moab; and for Milcom, the abomination of the Ammonites.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsFalse GodsHillsAbominations, Idolatry IsPolluting The LandServing Asherah

And Jehovah will send against him troops of Chaldeans and troops of Aram, and troops of Moab, and troops of the sons of Ammon, and he will send them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of Jehovah which he spake by the hand of his servants the prophets.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahProphecy, Fulfilment Of OtWord Of GodGod Spoke By The Prophets

Thematic Bible



We have heard of the arrogance of Moab, he is very proud, of his pride, and his arrogance, and his wrath: his pratings are vain.


And he took his eldest son, that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him up for a burnt-offering upon the wall. And there was great wrath against Israel; and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.


And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to commit fornication with the daughters of Moab. And they invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods; and the people ate, and bowed down to their gods. And Israel joined himself to Baal-Peor; and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel. read more.
And Jehovah said to Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up to Jehovah before the sun, that the fierce anger of Jehovah may be turned away from Israel. And Moses said to the judges of Israel, Slay every one his men that have joined themselves to Baal-Peor.



These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan of Jericho.

And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan of Jericho, saying,


that Jehovah spoke to me, saying, Thou art to pass this day over the border of Moab, which is Ar,


This is that which Moses allotted for inheritance in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan of Jericho, eastward.


And the first-born bore a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites to this day.


These are the words of the covenant that Jehovah commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant that he made with them in Horeb.


We have heard of the arrogance of Moab, he is very proud, of his pride, and his arrogance, and his wrath: his pratings are vain.


We have heard of the arrogance of Moab, he is very proud; his loftiness, and his arrogance, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart. I know his wrath, saith Jehovah; his pratings are vain: they do not as they say.


For the fields of Heshbon languish, the vine of Sibmah; the lords of the nations have broken down its choice plants: they reached unto Jaazer, they wandered through the wilderness; its shoots stretched out, they went beyond the sea. Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jaazer for the vine of Sibmah; with my tears will I water thee, Heshbon, and Elealeh, for a cry is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy harvest. And joy and gladness is taken away out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there is no singing, neither is there shouting: the treaders tread out no wine in the presses, I have made the cry of the winepress to cease.

O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with more than the weeping of Jaazer: thy shoots passed over the sea, they reached to the sea of Jaazer. The spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage. And joy and gladness is taken away from the fruitful field and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: they shall no more tread with shouting; the shouting shall be no shouting.


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