Person
Moab
Also called Moabitess, Moabitish, Moabites
Mentioned in 149 verses across 22 books, first in 1 Chronicles 1:46. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).
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In the Bible
All 6 verses in 1 Chronicles, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 1:46
When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Avith.
- 1 Chronicles 4:22
Jokim, the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who ruled in Moab and Jashubi-lehem. (These names are from ancient records.)
- 1 Chronicles 8:8
Shaharaim had sons in the country of Moab after he had divorced his wives Hushim and Baara.
- 1 Chronicles 11:22
And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.
- 1 Chronicles 18:2
David also defeated the Moabites, and they became subject to David and brought him tribute.
- 1 Chronicles 18:11
and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had carried off from all these nations—from Edom and Moab, and from the Ammonites, Philistines, and Amalekites.
Events
Events the dataset lists Moab as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.
- c. 1360 BCDeliverance by Ehud
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
Used to denote the people of Moab (Num. 22:3-14; Judg. 3:30; 2 Sam. 8:2; Jer. 48:11, 13).