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Person

Moab

Also called Moabitess, Moabitish, Moabites

Mentioned in 149 verses across 22 books, first in 1 Samuel 12:9. 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 4 verses in 1 Samuel, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

1 Samuel

  • 1 Samuel 12:9

    But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them.

  • 1 Samuel 14:47

    After Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.

  • 1 Samuel 22:3

    From there David went to Mizpeh of Moab, where he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother stay with you until I learn what God will do for me.”

  • 1 Samuel 22:4

    So he left them in the care of the king of Moab, and they stayed with him the whole time David was in the stronghold.

Events

Events the dataset lists Moab as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.

  1. 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).

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