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Person

Moab

Also called Moabitess, Moabitish, Moabites

Mentioned in 149 verses across 22 books, first in 1 Kings 11:7. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).

In these stories

Crossing the Red Sea (and did the Exodus happen?)

At a glance

Gender: Male

Family

Parents

Half-siblings (same father)

As the dataset records them from the biblical genealogies.

Often appears with

Named in the same verses most often. Sharing a verse doesn’t always mean they met.

God39 verses
Jacob (Israel)14 verses
Esau (Edom)14 verses
Moses12 verses
Balak10 verses
Balaam8 verses
David5 verses
Sihon4 verses
Midian4 verses
Eglon4 verses
Zippor4 verses
Chemosh4 verses
Naomi4 verses
Eleazarson of Aaron3 verses

Places

Where the data places them (born, died, or an event they take part in) first; then places named in the same verses, which does not mean they were there.

Canaanscene of “Deliverance by Ehud”2 shared verses
Moab143 shared verses
Edom15 shared verses
Jordan12 shared verses
Jericho11 shared verses
Ammon7 shared verses
Arnon7 shared verses
Heshbon5 shared verses
Ar4 shared verses
Midian4 shared verses
Dibon3 shared verses
Seir3 shared verses

In the Bible

All 1 verse in 1 Kings, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

1 Kings

1 Kings 11:7
At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites.

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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 BC
Deliverance by EhudJudges 3:15–30 · at Canaan

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.

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Used to denote the people of Moab (Num. 22:3-14; Judg. 3:30; 2 Sam. 8:2; Jer. 48:11, 13).