Moab

E108457
ancient kingdom historical region

Moab is an ancient kingdom located east of the Dead Sea, frequently mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as a neighboring land to Israel.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Moab canonical 42
city of Moab 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient kingdom ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
archaeologicalRegion Dhiban area ⓘ
biblicalAncestor Moab son of Lot ⓘ
surface form: Moab (son of Lot)
borderedBy Arnon River ⓘ
Zered River ⓘ
capital Dibon ⓘ
chiefDeity Chemosh ⓘ
conflictWith Northern Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Israel

Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
conqueredBy Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
ethnonym Moabites ⓘ
existedDuring Iron Age ⓘ
floruitCentury 9th century BCE ⓘ
inscriptionEvidence Mesha Stele ⓘ
knownFor sheep and wool production ⓘ
languageFamily Northwest Semitic ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Semitic languages
languageSpoken Moabite language ⓘ
laterControlledBy Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ
Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Persian Achaemenid Empire

Roman Empire ⓘ
locatedEastOf Dead Sea ⓘ
locatedIn Jordan ⓘ
surface form: Transjordan
majorCity Ar of Moab ⓘ
Riblah ⓘ
surface form: Kir-hareseth

Medeba ⓘ
Nebo ⓘ
mentionedIn Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament
neighborOf Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Israel

Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
originNarrativeSource Book of Genesis ⓘ
presentDayLocation Jordan ⓘ
presentDayRegion west-central Jordan ⓘ
rebelledAgainst Northern Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Israel
regionOf Plateau east of the Dead Sea ⓘ
religion polytheism ⓘ
ruler Mesha ⓘ
surface form: Mesha, king of Moab
scriptFamily Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
scriptUsed Nabataean alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Moabite script
subjectOf Book of Ruth ⓘ
prophecies in Book of Amos ⓘ
prophecies in Book of Ezekiel ⓘ
prophecies in Book of Isaiah ⓘ
prophecies in Book of Jeremiah ⓘ
prophecies in Book of Zephaniah ⓘ
tributaryTo Northern Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Israel

Referenced by (43)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ruth → setIn → Moab ⓘ
subject surface form: Book of Ruth
Moabite → spokenIn → Moab ⓘ
Ancient Israel → borders → Moab ⓘ
Moab Mountains → historicalRegion → Moab ⓘ
Kingdom of Judah → borderedBy → Moab ⓘ
Gilead → borderedBy → Moab ⓘ
Moabites → ancestralFigure → Moab ⓘ
Moabites → ethnonymDerivedFrom → Moab ⓘ
Orpah → originatesFrom → Moab ⓘ
Orpah → residesIn → Moab ⓘ
Elimelech → migratedTo → Moab ⓘ
Elimelech → diedIn → Moab ⓘ
Mahlon → migratedTo → Moab ⓘ
Mahlon → diedIn → Moab ⓘ
Ehud → opponentNation → Moab ⓘ
Edom → borderedBy → Moab ⓘ
Chilion → diedIn → Moab ⓘ
Chilion → livedIn → Moab ⓘ
Khirbet al-Mudayna inscriptions → locatedInRegion → Moab ⓘ
Chemosh → worshippedIn → Moab ⓘ
Psalm 83 → mentionsEntity → Moab ⓘ
Kingdom of Ammon → neighbor → Moab ⓘ
Canaanite languages → regionOfUse → Moab ⓘ
Psalm 108 → containsGeographicalReferences → Moab ⓘ
Balaam → associatedWith → Moab ⓘ
Balaam’s oracles → mention → Moab ⓘ
Ammon → neighborOf → Moab ⓘ
Ammon → alliedWith → Moab ⓘ
Book of Ruth → setting → Moab ⓘ
Moabite language → region → Moab ⓘ
King's Highway (ancient route) → passesThrough → Moab ⓘ
The Story of Ruth → setInRegion → Moab ⓘ
Iron Age II → associatedWithCulture → Moab ⓘ
Dibon → locatedIn → Moab ⓘ
Dibon → describedAs → Moab ⓘ
this entity surface form: city of Moab
Ar of Moab → locatedIn → Moab ⓘ
Nebo → locatedIn → Moab ⓘ
Heshbon → laterControl → Moab ⓘ
Moab son of Lot → givenName → Moab ⓘ
Medeba → locatedIn → Moab ⓘ
Pisgah → nearbyBiblicalRegion → Moab ⓘ
‘Arvot Moav → locatedIn → Moab ⓘ
Rabbath Ammon → neighboringPolities → Moab ⓘ