MOABITES

- Descended from Lot Ge 19:37 - CALLED . Children of Lot De 2:9 . People of Chemosh Nu 21:29; Jer 48:46 - Are given to, as a possession De 2:9 - Separated from the Amorites by the river Arnon Nu 21:13 - Expelled the ancient Emims De 2:9-11 - Possessed many and great cities Nu 21:28,30; Isa 15:1-4; Jer 48:21-24 - Governed by kings Nu 23:7; Jos 24:9 - DESCRIBED AS . Proud and arrogant Isa 16:6; Jer 48:29 . Idolatrous 1Ki 11:7 . Superstitious Jer 27:3,9 . Rich and confident Jer 48:7 . Prosperous and at ease Jer 48:11 . Mighty men of war Jer 48:14 - Deprived of a large part of their territories by the Amorites Nu 21:26 - Refused to let Israel pass Jud 11:17,18 - Alarmed at the number, Nu 22:3 - With Midian send for Balaam to curse Israel Nu 22:1-24:25 - ISRAELITES . Enticed to idolatry by Nu 25:1-3 . Forbidden to spoil De 2:9; Jud 11:15 . Forbidden to make leagues with De 23:6 . Sometimes intermarried with Ru 1:4; 1Ki 11:1; 1Ch 8:8; Ne 13:23 - Excluded from the congregation of Israel forever De 23:3,4; Ne 13:1,2 - Always hostile to Israel Ps 83:6; Eze 25:8 - Harassed and subdued by Saul 1Sa 14:47 - Gave an asylum to David's family 1Sa 22:4 - Made tributary to David 2Sa 8:2,12 - Benaiah slew two champions of 2Sa 23:20 - Paid tribute of sheep and wool to the king of Israel 2Ki 3:4; Isa 16:1 - Revolted from Israel after the death of Ahab 2Ki 1:1; 3:5 - Israel and Judah joined against 2Ki 3:6,7 - Miraculously deceived by the colour of the water 2Ki 3:21-24 - Conquered by Israel and Judah 2Ki 3:24-26 - King of, sacrificed his son to excite animosity against Israel 2Ki 3:27 - Joined Babylon against Judah 2Ki 24:2 - PROPHESIES RESPECTING . Terror on account of Israel Ex 15:15 . Desolation and grief Isa 15:1-9; 16:2-11 . Inability to avert destruction Isa 16:12 . To destroyed in three years Isa 16:13,14 . To be captives in Babylon Jer 27:3,8; 48:7 . Their desolation as a punishment for their hatred of Israel Jer 48:26,27; Eze 25:8,9 . Restoration from captivity Jer 48:47 . Subjugation to Messiah Nu 24:17; Isa 25:10 . Subjugation to Israel Isa 11:14

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Descendants of Moab the son of Lot, Ge 19:30-38. The land of Moab lay east and southeast of the Dead Sea, and chiefly south of the river Arnon. At one period, however, it extended north as far as the Jabbok, and for a long time the region beyond the Jordan opposite Jericho retained the name of "the plains of Moab," Nu 22:1 De 1:5 29:1 Jos 13:32. The Moabites had dispossessed a race of giants called Emin, De 2:11, and had themselves been expelled by the Amorites from the territory north of the Arnon, Nu 21:13,26 Jud 11:13-18, which was again conquered by Moses, and assigned to the tribe of Reuben. On the approach of Israel from Egypt, the Moabites acted with great inhumanity, Nu 22:1-24:25 De 2:8-9; and though God spared them from conquest, he excluded them and their seed even to the tenth generation form the peculiar privileges of his people, De 23:3-6. They were gross idolaters, worshipping Chemosh and Baalpeor with obscene rites, Nu 25:1-18 2Ki 3:27. See MOLOCH. At times, as in the days of Ruth, there was peace between them and Israel; but a state of hostility was far more common, as in the time of Eglon, Jud 3:12-30; of Saul, 1Sa 14:47; of David, 2Sa 8:2,12; of Joram and Jeroboam, 2Ki 3:13,20 14:25. They aided Nebuchadnezzar against the Jews, 2Ki 24:2 Eze 25:6-11; and after these began to be carried captive, appear to have regained their old possessions north of the Arnon, Isa 15:1-16:14. The Jewish prophets recorded many threatenings against these hereditary enemies of God and his people, Nu 24:17 Ps 60:12 83:6 Jer 25:9-21 48:1-47 Am 2:1-3; and all travelers concur in attesting the fulfillment of these predictions. Desolation and gloom, brood over the mountains of Moab, and its fruitful valleys are for the most part untilled. It is under Turkish government, but is inhabited chiefly by migratory Arabs, Zep 2:8-9. Few travelers have ventured to traverse it in modern times. They describe it as abounding in ruins, such as shattered tombs, cisterns walls, temples, etc., proving that it was once densely populated. See "KEITH ON PROPHECY."

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MOABITES. → Descendants of Lot through his son Moab Ge 19:37 → Called the people of Chemosh Nu 21:29 → The territory east of the Jordan River, bounded on the north by the Arnon River Nu 21:13; Jud 11:18 → The people of Israel commanded not to distress the Moabites De 2:9 → Refuse passage of Jephthah's army through their territory Jud 11:17,18 → Balak was king of Nu 22:4 → Calls for Balaam to curse Israel Nu 22; 23; Jos 24:9; Mic 6:5 → Are a snare to the Israelites Nu 25:1-3; Ru 1:4; 1Ki 11:1; 1Ch 8:8; Ezr 9:1,2; Ne 13:23 → Land of, not given to the Israelites as a possession De 2:9,29 → David takes refuge among, from Saul 1Sa 22:3,4 → David conquers 2Sa 8:2; 23:20; 1Ch 11:22; 18:2-11 → Israelites had war with 2Ki 3:5-27; 13:20; 24:2; 2Ch 20 → Prophecies concerning judgments upon Jer 48

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descendants of Moab, Lot's son Ge 19:37; Nu 25:1; De 2:9; 1Ki 11:1; Ezr 9:1; Ne 13:23