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Moab
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Moab 1
In Scripture (162 references)
Numbers
Numbers 21:11 They traveled from Oboth, and encamped at Iyeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward ... Numbers 21:13 From there they traveled, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness th... Numbers 21:15 the slope of the valleys that incline toward the dwelling of Ar, leans on the border of Moab.” Numbers 21:20 and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looks down o... Numbers 21:26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king o... Numbers 21:28 for a fire has gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It has devoured Ar of Moab, The ... Numbers 21:29 Woe to you, Moab! You are undone, people of Chemosh! He has given his sons as fugitives, and his dau... Numbers 22:3 Moab was very afraid of the people, because they were many. Moab was distressed because of the child... Numbers 22:4 Moab said to the elders of Midian, “Now this multitude will lick up all that is around us, as the ox... Numbers 22:7 The elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand. T...
and 11 more in Numbers
Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 1:5 Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses began to declare this law, saying, Deuteronomy 2:8 So we passed by from our brothers, the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arab... Deuteronomy 2:9 Yahweh said to me, “Don’t bother Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give you ... Deuteronomy 2:18 “You are to pass over Ar, the border of Moab, today. Deuteronomy 29:1 These are the words of the covenant which Yahweh commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel... Deuteronomy 32:49 “Go up into this mountain of Abarim, to Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is across fro... Deuteronomy 34:5 So Moses the servant of Yahweh died there in the land of Moab, according to Yahweh’s word. Deuteronomy 34:6 He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth Peor, but no man knows where his tomb ...
Judges
Judges 3:12 The children of Israel again did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and Yahweh strengthened Eglo... Judges 3:14 The children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. Judges 3:15 But when the children of Israel cried to Yahweh, Yahweh raised up a savior for them: Ehud the son of... Judges 3:17 He offered the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man. Judges 3:28 He said to them, “Follow me; for Yahweh has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” The... Judges 3:29 They struck at that time about ten thousand men of Moab, every strong man and every man of valor. No... Judges 3:30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. Then the land had rest eighty years. Judges 10:6 The children of Israel again did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and served the Baals, the As... Judges 11:15 and he said to him, “Jephthah says: Israel didn’t take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the ch... Judges 11:17 then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let me pass through your land;’ but...
and 2 more in Judges
Ruth
Ruth 1:1 In the days when the judges judged, there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah... Ruth 1:2 The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi. The names of his two sons were Ma... Ruth 1:4 They took for themselves wives of the women of Moab. The name of the one was Orpah, and the name of ... Ruth 1:6 Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab; for she ha... Ruth 1:22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the co... Ruth 2:6 The servant who was set over the reapers answered, “It is the Moabite lady who came back with Naomi ... Ruth 4:3 He said to the near kinsman, “Naomi, who has come back out of the country of Moab, is selling the pa...
1 Samuel
1 Samuel 12:9 “But they forgot Yahweh their God; and he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the army of ... 1 Samuel 14:47 Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, ag... 1 Samuel 22:3 David went from there to Mizpeh of Moab, and he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and ... 1 Samuel 22:4 He brought them before the king of Moab; and they lived with him all the time that David was in the ...
2 Samuel
2 Samuel 8:2 He struck Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measu... 2 Samuel 8:12 of Syria, of Moab, of the children of Ammon, of the Philistines, of Amalek, and of the plunder of Ha... 2 Samuel 23:20 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, killed ...
1 Kings
1 Kings 11:1 Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabi... 1 Kings 11:7 Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on the mountain that is before ... 1 Kings 11:33 because that they have forsaken me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemo...
2 Kings
2 Kings 1:1 Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. 2 Kings 3:4 Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder; and he supplied the king of Israel with the wool of one ... 2 Kings 3:5 But when Ahab was dead, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. 2 Kings 3:7 He went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, “The king of Moab has rebelled against me... 2 Kings 3:10 The king of Israel said, “Alas! For Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them int... 2 Kings 3:13 Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father, a... 2 Kings 3:18 This is an easy thing in Yahweh’s sight. He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand. 2 Kings 3:21 Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, they gathered them... 2 Kings 3:22 They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water op... 2 Kings 3:23 They said, “This is blood. The kings are surely destroyed, and they have struck each other. Now ther...
and 6 more in 2 Kings
1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 1:46 Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who struck Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his plac... 1 Chronicles 4:22 and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem.... 1 Chronicles 8:8 Shaharaim became the father of children in the field of Moab, after he had sent them away. Hushim an... 1 Chronicles 11:22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, killed ... 1 Chronicles 11:46 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, 1 Chronicles 18:2 He defeated Moab; and the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute. 1 Chronicles 18:11 King David also dedicated these to Yahweh, with the silver and the gold that he carried away from al...
2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 20:1 After this, the children of Moab, the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came a... 2 Chronicles 20:10 Now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade whe... 2 Chronicles 20:22 When they began to sing and to praise, Yahweh set ambushers against the children of Ammon, Moab, and... 2 Chronicles 20:23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill an...
Psalms
Isaiah
Isaiah 11:14 They will fly down on the shoulders of the Philistines on the west. Together they will plunder the c... Isaiah 15:1 The burden of Moab. For in a night, Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing. For in a night... Isaiah 15:2 They have gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and ove... Isaiah 15:4 Heshbon cries out with Elealeh. Their voice is heard even to Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab ... Isaiah 15:5 My heart cries out for Moab! Her nobles flee to Zoar, to Eglath Shelishiyah; for they go up by the a... Isaiah 15:8 For the cry has gone around the borders of Moab, its wailing to Eglaim, and its wailing to Beer Elim... Isaiah 15:9 For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; for I will bring yet more on Dimon, a lion on those of Mo... Isaiah 16:2 For it will be that as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so will the daughters of Moab be at the... Isaiah 16:3 Give counsel! Execute justice! Make your shade like the night in the middle of the noonday! Hide the... Isaiah 16:4 Let my outcasts dwell with you! As for Moab, be a hiding place for him from the face of the destroye...
and 10 more in Isaiah
Jeremiah
Jeremiah 9:26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, the children of Ammon, Moab, and all who have the corners of their hair cut off,... Jeremiah 25:21 Edom, Moab, and the children of Ammon; Jeremiah 27:3 Then send them to the king of Edom, to the king of Moab, to the king of the children of Ammon, to th... Jeremiah 40:11 Likewise when all the Jews who were in Moab, and among the children of Ammon, and in Edom, and who w... Jeremiah 48:1 Of Moab. Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo! For it is laid waste. Kiriathaim i... Jeremiah 48:2 The praise of Moab is no more. In Heshbon they have devised evil against her: ‘Come! Let’s cut her o... Jeremiah 48:4 Moab is destroyed. Her little ones have caused a cry to be heard. Jeremiah 48:7 For, because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures, you also will be taken. Chemosh w... Jeremiah 48:9 Give wings to Moab, that she may fly and get herself away: and her cities will become a desolation, ... Jeremiah 48:11 “Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his lees, and has not been emptied from...
and 29 more in Jeremiah
Ezekiel
Ezekiel 25:8 “ ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Because Moab and Seir say, ‘Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nat... Ezekiel 25:9 therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his fr... Ezekiel 25:10 to the children of the east, to go against the children of Ammon; and I will give them for a possess... Ezekiel 25:11 I will execute judgments on Moab. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.”
Amos
Amos 2:1 Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; ... Amos 2:2 but I will send a fire on Moab, and it will devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab will die with tu... Amos 2:3 and I will cut off the judge from among them, and will kill all its princes with him,” says Yahweh.
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