land of Moab

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ancient region biblical region

The land of Moab is an ancient region east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan, historically inhabited by the Moabites and frequently mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient region ⓘ biblical region ⓘ
ancestralFigure	Moab son of Lot ⓘ
associatedWithDeity	Chemosh ⓘ
borderedBy	Edom ⓘ Jordan River ⓘ Kingdom of Ammon ⓘ surface form: land of Ammon
conqueredBy	Assyria ⓘ surface form: Assyrian Empire Israelites ⓘ Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
containsMountain	Mount Nebo ⓘ
containsPlain	Plains of Moab ⓘ surface form: plains of Moab
economyBasedOn	agriculture ⓘ pastoralism ⓘ
hasCapital	Dibon ⓘ
hasCity	Ar of Moab ⓘ Heshbon ⓘ Riblah ⓘ surface form: Kir-hareseth Medeba ⓘ Nebo ⓘ
hasTerrain	arid hills ⓘ plateau ⓘ
inhabitedBy	Moabites ⓘ
knownFor	conflicts with ancient Israel ⓘ vassalage to regional empires ⓘ
languageSpoken	Moabite language ⓘ
locatedEastOf	Dead Sea ⓘ
locatedIn	Jordan ⓘ surface form: Transjordan
locatedInPresentDay	Jordan ⓘ
mentionedIn	Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible
mentionedInBook	Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ Book of Ezekiel ⓘ Book of Isaiah ⓘ Book of Jeremiah ⓘ Book of Numbers ⓘ Book of Ruth ⓘ
mentionedInInscription	Mesha Stele ⓘ
overlooks	Jericho ⓘ surface form: plains of Jericho Judean Desert ⓘ surface form: wilderness of Judah
partOf	ancient Levant ⓘ
regionCorrespondsRoughlyTo	central-western Jordan ⓘ
relatedEthnicallyTo	Ammonite ⓘ surface form: Ammonites Israelites ⓘ
religionPracticed	West Semitic polytheism ⓘ
scriptUsed	Phoenician alphabet-derived script ⓘ
timePeriod	Iron Age ⓘ Late Bronze Age ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Moses → deathPlaceTradition → land of Moab ⓘ

Plains of Moab → partOf → land of Moab ⓘ