Moab (/ˈmoʊæb/; Moabite: mʾb; Arabic: مؤاب muʾāb; Hebrew: מוֹאָב, Modern mo'av, Tiberian mōʾāḇ; Ancient Greek: Μωάβ Mōáb; Assyrian Mu'aba, Ma'ba, Ma'ab; Egyptian Mu'ab) is the historical name for a mountainous tract of land in Jordan. The land lies alongside much of the eastern shore of the Dead Sea. The existence of the Kingdom of Moab is attested to by numerous archaeological findings, most notably the Mesha Stele, which describes the Moabite victory over an unnamed son of King Omri of Israel. The Moabite capital was Dibon. According to the Hebrew Bible, Moab was often in conflict with its Israelite neighbours to the west.
Moab occupied a plateau about 3,000 feet (910 m) above the level of the Mediterranean, or 4,300 feet (1,300 m) above the Dead Sea, and rising gradually from north to south.
It was bounded on the west by the Dead Sea and the southern section of the Jordan River; on the east by Ammon and the Arabian desert, from which it was separated by low, rolling hills; and on the south by Edom. The northern boundary varied, but generally is represented by a line drawn some miles above the northern extremity of the Dead Sea.
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Keywords: Moab, Moabite, Moabite kingdom
Bible reference(s): Genesis 19:37, Genesis 36:35, Exodus 15:15, Numbers 21:11, Numbers 21:13, Numbers 21:15, Numbers 21:20, Numbers 21:26, Numbers 21:28, Numbers 21:29, Numbers 22:1, Numbers 22:3, Numbers 22:4, Numbers 22:7, Numbers 22:8, Numbers 22:10, Numbers 22:14, Numbers 22:21, Numbers 22:36, Numbers 23:6, Numbers 23:7, Numbers 23:17, Numbers 24:17, Numbers 25:1, Numbers 26:3, Numbers 26:63, Numbers 31:12, Numbers 33:44, Numbers 33:48, Numbers 33:49, Numbers 33:50, Numbers 35:1, Numbers 36:13, Deuteronomy 1:5, Deuteronomy 2:8, Deuteronomy 2:9, Deuteronomy 2:11, Deuteronomy 2:18, Deuteronomy 2:29, Deuteronomy 23:3, Deuteronomy 29:1, Deuteronomy 32:49, Deuteronomy 34:1, Deuteronomy 34:5, Deuteronomy 34:6, Deuteronomy 34:8, Joshua 13:32, Joshua 24:9, Judges 3:12, Judges 3:14, Judges 3:15, Judges 3:17, Judges 3:28, Judges 3:29, Judges 3:30, Judges 10:6, Judges 11:15, Judges 11:17, Judges 11:18, Judges 11:25, Ruth 1:1, Ruth 1:2, Ruth 1:4, Ruth 1:6, Ruth 1:22, Ruth 2:2, Ruth 2:6, Ruth 2:21, Ruth 4:3, Ruth 4:5, Ruth 4:10, 1 Samuel 12:9, 1 Samuel 14:47, 1 Samuel 22:3, 1 Samuel 22:4, 2 Samuel 8:2, 2 Samuel 8:12, 2 Samuel 23:20, 1 Kings 11:1, 1 Kings 11:7, 1 Kings 11:33, 2 Kings 1:1, 2 Kings 3:4, 2 Kings 3:5, 2 Kings 3:7, 2 Kings 3:10, 2 Kings 3:13, 2 Kings 3:18, 2 Kings 3:21, 2 Kings 3:22, 2 Kings 3:23, 2 Kings 3:24, 2 Kings 3:26, 2 Kings 13:20, 2 Kings 23:13, 2 Kings 24:2, 1 Chronicles 1:46, 1 Chronicles 4:22, 1 Chronicles 8:8, 1 Chronicles 11:22, 1 Chronicles 11:46, 1 Chronicles 18:2, 1 Chronicles 18:11, 2 Chronicles 20:1, 2 Chronicles 20:10, 2 Chronicles 20:22, 2 Chronicles 20:23, 2 Chronicles 24:26, 2 Chronicles 31:1, Ezra 9:1, Nehemiah 13:1, Nehemiah 13:23, Psalms 60:7-8, Psalms 83:6, Psalms 108:8-9, Isaiah 11:14, Isaiah 15:1, Isaiah 15:2, Isaiah 15:4, Isaiah 15:5, Isaiah 15:8, Isaiah 15:9, Isaiah 16:2, Isaiah 16:4, Isaiah 16:6, Isaiah 16:7, Isaiah 16:11, Isaiah 16:12, Isaiah 16:13, Isaiah 16:14, Isaiah 25:10, Jeremiah 9:26, Jeremiah 25:21, Jeremiah 27:3, Jeremiah 40:11, Jeremiah 48:1, Jeremiah 48:2, Jeremiah 48:4, Jeremiah 48:9, Jeremiah 48:11, Jeremiah 48:13, Jeremiah 48:15, Jeremiah 48:16, Jeremiah 48:18, Jeremiah 48:20, Jeremiah 48:24, Jeremiah 48:25, Jeremiah 48:26, Jeremiah 48:28, Jeremiah 48:29, Jeremiah 48:31, Jeremiah 48:33, Jeremiah 48:35, Jeremiah 48:36, Jeremiah 48:38, Jeremiah 48:39, Jeremiah 48:40, Jeremiah 48:41, Jeremiah 48:42, Jeremiah 48:43, Jeremiah 48:44, Jeremiah 48:45, Jeremiah 48:46, Jeremiah 48:47, Ezekiel 25:8, Ezekiel 25:9, Ezekiel 25:11, Daniel 11:41, Amos 2:1, Amos 2:2, Micah 6:5, Zephaniah 2:8, Zephaniah 2:9, Judith 1:12, Judith 5:2, Judith 5:22, Judith 6:1, Judith 7:8, 1 Esdras 8:69
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