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Where is Moab in the Bible?

Moab was an ancient kingdom located east of the Dead Sea in the central Transjordan region, in what is now the country of Jordan. Moab appears in 116 verses across 21 books of the Bible.

What happened at Moab?

Moab was an ancient kingdom located east of the Dead Sea in the central Transjordan region, in what is now the country of Jordan. The Moabites were a Semitic People from Moab, the son of Lot by his elder daughter (Gen. 19:37). The Moabites first appear in the biblical record at the time of the Exodus. Balak, the king of Moab, feared the Israelites and hired Balaam to curse them (Num. 22-24). The Moabites worshipped the god Chemosh and induced some Israelites to join in their idolatrous sacrifices (Num. 25:1-2). Throughout the time of the judges and early monarchy, the Moabites were in frequent conflict with Israel. King Saul fought against them (1Sam. 14:47), and David subjugated them and made them tributaries (2Sam. 8:2,12). After the division of the kingdom, the Moabites regained their independence. During the reign of King Omri of Israel (c. 884-872 BC), who is mentioned in 1Ki.16.23-28, Moabite lands were reconquered. However, about 40 years later, the Moabite king Mesha rebelled against Israel, as recorded on the famous Moabite Stone discovered in 1868 in Dibon (modern Dhiban, Jordan). The prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Amos all prophesied against Moab (Isa. 15-16, Jer. 48, Ezek. 25:8-11, Amo.2.1-2). After the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC, some Jews took refuge in Moab (Jer. 40:11). Moab disappears as a nation from the historical record sometime during the Persian period.

Definition text: STEPBible · Tyndale House Cambridge. Licensed CC BY 4.0. Lightly edited for length and formatting.

Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.

Where does Moab appear in the Bible?

Moab is referenced in 116 verses across 21 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.

Jeremiah 32Isaiah 15Numbers 15Judges 102 Kings 8Deuteronomy 6Ruth 61 Samuel 3Ezekiel 3Psalms 31 Chronicles 22 Chronicles 2

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What else appears in these passages?

These turn up in the same passages as Moab.

EdomBalakAmmonKirBalaamLORD

Common questions

How many times does the Bible mention Moab?

Moab appears in 116 verses across 21 books, most often in Jeremiah, which accounts for 32 of them.

Which books of the Bible mention Moab?

Jeremiah, Isaiah, Numbers, Judges, 2 Kings, Deuteronomy, Ruth, 1 Samuel, and 13 more.

Where can I read every verse about Moab?

This page lists 24 of them. Protos carries all 116, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.

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