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A message concerning Moab: "For Ir in Moab is destroyed in a night, and Moab is ruined! Because Ir in Moab is destroyed in a single night, Moab is ruined!

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Strategies InDisastersDuring One Night

Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.

Verse ConceptsBoundariesRivers And StreamsArnonRiver ArnonFalling


Heshbon and Elealeh [cities claimed by Moab] cry out;
Their voice is heard as far as Jahaz.
Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out;
Moab’s soul trembles within him.

And I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerijoth; and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.

Verse ConceptsFortressesTrumpetDestruction Of StrongholdsFire Of JudgementBattle CriesTrumpets For BattleDisorder Among The NationsDeath Of Other Groups

From there they pulled up stakes and pitched on the other side of Arnon, in the wilderness that comes out of the borders of the Amorites; for Arnon is in the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

Verse ConceptsBoundariesArnonCamping During The Exodus

Moab was very afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

Verse ConceptsAnxiety, Examples OfFearing Other PeopleMany In Israel

Moab said to the elders of Midian, "Now this multitude will lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field." Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyGrassTongueAnimals Eating

He went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, "The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me against Moab to battle?" He said, "I will go up. I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses."

Verse ConceptsFighting TogetherPeople Are The SameAcquiring Horses

But when they came to the camp of Israel, Israel stood up and killed Moab, so that they fled from before them. They came at her and defeated Moab.

Verse ConceptsInvasionsPeoples Who Fled

And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said to the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.

Verse ConceptsLove, And The WorldRespect, For Human BeingsSanctity Of LifeRelations With ForeignersGrandmothers

Confounded is Moab! For it is broken down! Howl and make outcry, - Tell ye in Arnon, That Moab is spoiled;

Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsArnonRiver Arnon

For this cause over Moab, will I howl, And for all Moab, will I make outcry, - For the men of Kir-heres, must one moan!

Verse ConceptsGod, Suffering OfI Mourn Catastrophe

Upon all the housetops of Moab And in her broadways, it is all lamentation, - For I have broken Moab - Like a vessel wherein is no pleasure Declareth Yahweh.

Verse ConceptsRoofBreaking ContainersRooftop

How it is broken down! They have howled, How hath Moab turned the back, for shame, - So shall Moab become a derision and a terror to all round about him.

Verse ConceptsTurning One's BackMade A HorrorShame Has Come

Yet will I bring back the captivity of Moab, In the afterpart of the days, Declareth Yahweh, Thus far, is the sentence of Moab.

Therefore shall Moab wail for Moab, every one shall wail: for the raisin-cakes of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn, utterly stricken.

Verse ConceptsBereavement, Expression OfLamentingDried Fruit

Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.

Verse ConceptsLove, And The WorldDaughters In LawGod Visiting

And he said to them, "Follow after me! Yahweh has given Moab your enemies into your hand." So they went down after him, and they captured the fords of the Jordan toward Moab; and they did not allow anyone to cross over.

Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsFordsThose God Gave Into Their Hands

For the waters of Dimon are full of blood: and I'm sending even more on Moab, a lion on those of Moab who go in flight, and on the rest of the land.

Verse ConceptsSurvivors DestroyedTurned To Blood

But now the Lord has said, In three years, the years of a servant working for payment, the glory of Moab, all that great people, will be turned to shame, and the rest of Moab will be very small and without honour.

Verse ConceptsInferiorityHirelingsPowerlessnessThree YearsSurvivors ThreatenedLosing Honour

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

Verse ConceptsFirstborn DaughtersRelationships To This DayFathers And Daughters

And Naomi returned; and Ruth, who was of Moab, her daughter-in-law, was with her, returning out of the fields of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

Verse ConceptsBarleyGrainHarvestAutumnIndividuals going home

And the servant who was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the girl from Moab who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab.

When he defeated Moab, he measured them with the cord, making them lie on the ground. He measured two cords to kill and {the third cord} to let live. So Moab became servants of David, bringing tribute.

Verse ConceptsGiving To OthersLengthTaxationTributesDividing Into Three GroupsThose Subjected To People

And he struck Moab. And the people of Moab became David's servants and brought gifts.

Verse ConceptsTaxationTributes


“Woe (judgment is coming) to you, Moab!
You are destroyed, O people of [the god] Chemosh!
Moab has given his sons as fugitives [that is, survivors of battle],
And his daughters into captivity
To Sihon king of the Amorites.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesFalse Gods


“I see Him, but not now;
I behold Him, but not near.
A star shall come forth from [the descendants of] Jacob,
A scepter shall rise out of [the descendants of] Israel
And shall crush the forehead of Moab
And destroy all the sons of Sheth.

Verse ConceptsDawnForeheadsBethlehemLight, SpiritualNewsSceptreStarsThe Morning StarClosenessThe First Sight Of ChristChrist Is King Of IsraelMessianic Prophecies

Moab will spread out its hands in the middle of it, just as a swimmer spreads his hands to swim; the Lord will bring down Moab's pride as it spreads its hands.

Verse ConceptsHumiliationHumilitySkillConquestSwimming

People will not praise Moab any more. The enemy will capture Heshbon and plot how to destroy Moab, saying, 'Come, let's put an end to that nation!' City of Madmen, you will also be destroyed. A destructive army will march against you.

Verse ConceptsendSilenceLosing Honour

I will remove Moab's leader; I will kill all Moab's officials with him." The Lord has spoken!

Verse ConceptsGod KillingGod Will Kill The Peoples

Then he left them with the king of Moab; and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.

Verse ConceptsFortifications


So it will come to pass when Moab presents himself,
When he wearies himself [worshiping] on his high place [of idolatry]
And comes to his sanctuary [of Chemosh, god of Moab] to pray,
That he will not prevail.

Verse ConceptsFutilityFalse ReligionHigh Places

This is the word which the Lord spoke earlier concerning Moab [when Moab’s pride and resistance to God were first known].

Verse ConceptsWord Of God

the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Moab and the Hagrites,

And he shall enter into the land of beauty, and many countries shall be overthrown; but these shall escape out of his hand: Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.

I have heard the reproach of Moab, And the revilings of the sons of Ammon, Wherewith they reproached My people, And magnify themselves against their border.

Verse ConceptsSpreading

Therefore, I live, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Surely, Moab is as Sodom, And the sons of Ammon as Gomorrah, An overrunning of nettles and salt-pits, And a desolation -- unto the age. A residue of My people do seize them, And a remnant of My nation inherit them.

Verse ConceptsPlunderingSaltWeedsAmmonitesSurvivors FavouredSournessPets

Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on the mountain that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsBuild, LiterallyHigh Places

because that they have forsaken me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon. They have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in my eyes, and [to keep] my statutes and my ordinances, as David his father did.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsForsaking GodServing Asherah

The high places which [were] east of Jerusalem, which [were] on the south of the Mountain of Destruction which Solomon king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the detestable thing of the {Ammonites}, the king defiled.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsFalse GodsHillsAbominations, Idolatry IsPolluting The LandServing Asherah

So Yahweh sent against him raiding bands of Chaldeans, raiding bands of Aram, raiding bands of Moab, and raiding bands of the {Ammonites}. He had sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of Yahweh that he had spoken by the hand of his servants the prophets.

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

Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime.

Verse ConceptsMineralsPersecution, Nature OfProphets, Role OfAbominations, Judgments OfThree Or FourBonesBurning People

And they pulled up stakes from Oboth and pitched at Ije-abarim in the wilderness before Moab, toward the sunrising.

Verse ConceptsThe Sun

and at the stream of the torrents that goes down to the dwelling of Ar and lies upon the border of Moab.

Elisha died and they buried him. Now the raiding parties of Moab came {in the spring}.

Verse ConceptsSpringInvasions

It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them others besides the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

Verse ConceptsAliancesAttackingInvasions

And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;

and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looks down on the desert.

And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushes against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, who were come against Judah; and they were defeated.

Verse ConceptsAliancesarmysurprises

For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even to the Arnon.

Verse ConceptsArnon

For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, to slay and destroy them utterly: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, everyone helped to destroy one another.

Verse ConceptsFighting One Another

for a fire has gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It has devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of the Arnon.

Verse ConceptsBurning CitiesArnon

The children of Israel traveled, and encamped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyRivers And StreamsBeyond JordanCamping During The Exodus

The elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak.

Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attitudes ToReward, HumanDivination

He said to them, "Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as Yahweh shall speak to me." The princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyPrincesOvercoming Adversity

Balaam said to God, "Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me, [saying],

The princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, "Balaam refuses to come with us."

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen;

Verse ConceptsLike The Nations

Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Bethjeshimoth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim,

Verse ConceptsCities Under Attack

And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

King David also dedicated these to the Lord, along with the silver and gold he had carried off from all the nations—from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and the Amalekites.

Verse ConceptsSilverGarrisons

When Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him to the City of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the border.

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyMeeting PeopleArnonSpoken Greetings

He returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.

He took up his parable, and said, "From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, defy Israel.

Verse ConceptsInvitationsJacob, The PatriarchCrude LanguageCursing IsraelWise Proverbs

He came to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. Balak said to him, "What has Yahweh spoken?"

Israel stayed in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with the daughters of Moab:

Verse ConceptsChastitySelf IndulgenceThey Committed ImmoralityPartyingSexual Immorality

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

Verse ConceptsThe Region Of Jordan

So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he harassed them.

Verse ConceptsAmalekitesharassment

In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:

Verse Conceptsinterracial

Then the chiefs of Edom were terrified, the nobles of Moab trembled uncontrollably, and all the inhabitants of Canaan melted away.

Verse ConceptsMeltingGroups Trembling

And when they forgot the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.

Verse ConceptsForgetting

Moab is My washbasin;
I throw My sandal on Edom.
I shout in triumph over Philistia.”

Verse ConceptsShoesDisgustMeans Of Purifying

These are those numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab beside Jordan at Jericho.

Verse ConceptsCensusThe Region Of Jordan

Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder; and he rendered to the king of Israel the wool of one hundred thousand lambs, and of one hundred thousand rams.

Verse ConceptsLambsRamsSheepShepherds, As OccupationsTributesWoolOwning LivestockOne Hundred Thousand And More

But it happened, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.

Verse ConceptsThe Region Of Jordan

The king of Israel said, "Alas! For Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab."

Verse ConceptsThree MenGiven Into One's HandsGod Will Cause Defeat

Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother." The king of Israel said to him, "No; for Yahweh has called these three kings together 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

They said, "This is blood. The kings are surely destroyed, and they have struck each other. Now therefore, Moab, to the spoil!"

Verse ConceptsPlunderingLifebloodKilling One Another

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

Verse ConceptsSeven To Nine Hundredvulnerability

For in this mountain shall the hand of Jehovah rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, as straw is trodden down in the dunghill;

Verse Conceptsdung and manureStrawThe Prophecy Towards EdomGod's HandTrampling PeopleDefecationGod's Hands In Opposition

And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ijeabarim, in the border of Moab.

And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.

Verse ConceptsThe Region Of Jordan

And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even unto Abelshittim in the plains of Moab.

Verse ConceptsThe Region Of Jordan

And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

Verse ConceptsThe Region Of Jordan

And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

Verse ConceptsThe Region Of Jordan

These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.

Verse ConceptsThe Region Of Jordan

On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,

Verse ConceptsBeyond JordanThe Law Given Through Moses

And since this is too trivial in the eyes of Yahweh, he will also give Moab into your hand,

Verse ConceptsUnimportant ThingsTo Be Given Into One's Hands

Now all of Moab had heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, and all {who were fighting age and up} were called up, and they stood at the border.

When they arose early in the morning, the sun shone on the waters, and Moab saw the waters from the opposite [side] as red as blood.

Verse ConceptsTurned To BloodThose Who Rose EarlyRosesSunshine

And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

Verse ConceptsHighway

O My people, remember, I pray you, What counsel did Balak king of Moab, What answer him did Balaam son of Beor, (From Shittim unto Gilgal,) In order to know the righteous acts of Jehovah.'

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyGod, Righteousness OfHistoryPast, TheAnswering PeopleGod Doing RightDoing RightMan's Counsel

And Jehovah said to me, Do not besiege Moab, nor fight with them in battle. For I will not give you any of their land for a possession. Because I have given Ar to the sons of Lot for a possession.

Verse ConceptsAvoid QuarrelsGifts Of GodOther Gifts Of Godharassment

These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.

Verse ConceptsCovenant Made At SinaiLater Covenants With God

The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.

Verse ConceptsTwo Thousand

And Shaharaim fathered [children] in the fields of Moab after he had sent them away--Hushim and Baara, his wives.