Moabites
62 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
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- Alarmed at the Number of Israel
- Always Hostile to Israel
- Balak Was King of
- Benaiah Slew Two Champions of
- Called the People of Chemosh
- Called: Children of Lot
- Called: People of Chemosh
- Calls for Balaam to Curse Israel
- Conquered by Israel and Judah
- David Conquers
- David Takes Refuge Among, from Saul
- Deprived of a Large Part of Their Territories by the Amorites
- Descendants of Lot Through his Son Moab
- Descended from Lot
- Excluded from the Congregation of Israel Forever
- Expelled the Ancient Emims
- Gave an Asylum to David's Family
- Governed by Kings
- Harassed and Subdued by Saul
- Idolatrous
- Israel and Judah Joined Against
- Israelites had War With
- Israelites: Enticed to Idolatry By
- Israelites: Forbidden to Make Leagues With
- Israelites: Forbidden to Spoil
- Israelites: Sometimes Intermarried With
- Joined Babylon Against Judah
- King of, Sacrificed his Son to Excite Animosity Against
- Land of, not Given to the Israelites As a Possession
- Made Tributary to David
- Mighty Men of War
- Miraculously Deceived by the Colour of the Water
- Paid Tribute of Sheep and Wool to the King of Israel
- Possessed Many and Great Cities
- Prophecies Concerning Judgments Upon
- Prophesies Respecting: Desolation and Grief
- Prophesies Respecting: Inability to Avert Destruction
- Prophesies Respecting: Restoration from Captivity
- Prophesies Respecting: Subjugation to Israel
- Prophesies Respecting: Subjugation to Messiah
- Prophesies Respecting: Terror on Account of Israel
- Prophesies Respecting: Their Desolation As a Punishment for Their Hatred of Israel
- Prophesies Respecting: To be Captives in Babylon
- Prophesies Respecting: To Destroyed in Three Years
- Prosperous and at Ease
- Proud and Arrogant
- Refuse Passage of Jephthah's Army Through Their Territory
- Refused to Let Israel Pass
- Revolted from Israel After the Death of Ahab
- Rich and Confident
- Separated from the Amorites by the River Arnon
- Superstitious
- The People of Israel Commanded not to Distress the Moabites
- The Territory East of the Jordan River, Bounded on the North by the Arnon River
Alarmed at the Number of Israel
- Numbers 22:3 and Moab was terrified of the people because they were numerous. Indeed, Moab dreaded the Israelites.
Always Hostile to Israel
- Psalm 83:6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,
- Ezekiel 25:8 This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Moab and Seir said, “Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,”
Balak Was King of
- Numbers 22:4 So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will devour everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” Since Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time,
Benaiah Slew Two Champions of
- 2 Samuel 23:20 And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.
Called the People of Chemosh
- Numbers 21:29 Woe to you, O Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He gave up his sons as refugees, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites.
Called: Children of Lot
- Deuteronomy 2:9 Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”
Called: People of Chemosh
- Numbers 21:29 Woe to you, O Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He gave up his sons as refugees, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites.
- Jeremiah 48:46 Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished; for your sons have been taken into exile and your daughters have gone into captivity.
Calls for Balaam to Curse Israel
- Numbers 22:1 Then the Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan, across from Jericho.
- Numbers 23:1 Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”
- Joshua 24:9 Then Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,
- Micah 6:5 My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”
Conquered by Israel and Judah
- 2 Kings 3:24–26 But when the Moabites came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and attacked them, and they fled before them. So the Israelites invaded their land and struck down the Moabites. …
David Conquers
- 2 Samuel 8:2 David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became …
- 2 Samuel 23:20 And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.
- 1 Chronicles 11:22 And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.
- 1 Chronicles 18:2–11 David also defeated the Moabites, and they became subject to David and brought him tribute. …
David Takes Refuge Among, from Saul
- 1 Samuel 22:3–4 From there David went to Mizpeh of Moab, where he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother stay with you until I learn what God will do for me.” …
Deprived of a Large Part of Their Territories by the Amorites
- Numbers 21:26 Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land as far as the Arnon.
Descendants of Lot Through his Son Moab
- Genesis 19:37 The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.
Descended from Lot
- Genesis 19:37 The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.
Excluded from the Congregation of Israel Forever
- Deuteronomy 23:3–4 No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation. …
- Nehemiah 13:1–2 At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God, …
Expelled the Ancient Emims
- Deuteronomy 2:9–11 Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.” …
Gave an Asylum to David's Family
- 1 Samuel 22:4 So he left them in the care of the king of Moab, and they stayed with him the whole time David was in the stronghold.
Governed by Kings
- Numbers 23:7 And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’
- Joshua 24:9 Then Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,
Harassed and Subdued by Saul
- 1 Samuel 14:47 After Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side — the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.
Idolatrous
- 1 Kings 11:7 At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites.
Israel and Judah Joined Against
- 2 Kings 3:6–7 So at that time King Jehoram set out from Samaria and mobilized all Israel. …
Israelites had War With
- 2 Kings 3:5–27 But after the death of Ahab, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. …
- 2 Kings 13:20 And Elisha died and was buried. Now the Moabite raiders used to come into the land every spring.
- 2 Kings 24:2 And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets.
- 2 Chronicles 20:1 After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.
Israelites: Enticed to Idolatry By
- Numbers 25:1–3 While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab, …
Israelites: Forbidden to Make Leagues With
- Deuteronomy 23:6 You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.
Israelites: Forbidden to Spoil
- Deuteronomy 2:9 Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”
- Judges 11:15 to tell him, “This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or of the Ammonites.
Israelites: Sometimes Intermarried With
- Ruth 1:4 who took Moabite women as their wives, one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. And after they had lived in Moab about ten years,
- 1 Kings 11:1 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh — women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.
- 1 Chronicles 8:8 Shaharaim had sons in the country of Moab after he had divorced his wives Hushim and Baara.
- Nehemiah 13:23 In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
Joined Babylon Against Judah
- 2 Kings 24:2 And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets.
King of, Sacrificed his Son to Excite Animosity Against
- 2 Kings 3:27 So he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him, and offered him as a burnt offering on the city wall. And there was great fury against the Israelites, so they withdrew and returned to their own land.
Land of, not Given to the Israelites As a Possession
- Deuteronomy 2:9 Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”
- Deuteronomy 2:29 just as the descendants of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for us, until we cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD our God is giving us.”
Made Tributary to David
- 2 Samuel 8:2 David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became …
- 2 Samuel 8:12 from Edom and Moab, from the Ammonites and Philistines and Amalekites, and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
Mighty Men of War
- Jeremiah 48:14 How can you say, ‘We are warriors, mighty men ready for battle’?
Miraculously Deceived by the Colour of the Water
- 2 Kings 3:21–24 Now all the Moabites had heard that the kings had come up to fight against them. So all who could bear arms, young and old, were summoned and stationed at the border. …
Paid Tribute of Sheep and Wool to the King of Israel
- 2 Kings 3:4 Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and he would render to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of a hundred thousand rams.
- Isaiah 16:1 Send the tribute lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert to the mount of Daughter Zion.
Possessed Many and Great Cities
- Numbers 21:28 For a fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s heights.
- Numbers 21:30 But we have overthrown them; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. We demolished them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”
- Isaiah 15:1–4 This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night! …
- Jeremiah 48:21–24 Judgment has come upon the high plain— upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath, …
Prophecies Concerning Judgments Upon
- Jeremiah 48:1 Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.
Prophesies Respecting: Desolation and Grief
- Isaiah 15:1–9 This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night! …
- Isaiah 16:2–11 Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon: …
Prophesies Respecting: Inability to Avert Destruction
- Isaiah 16:12 When Moab appears on the high place, when he wearies himself and enters his sanctuary to pray, it will do him no good.
Prophesies Respecting: Restoration from Captivity
- Jeremiah 48:47 Yet in the latter days I will restore Moab from captivity,” declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab.
Prophesies Respecting: Subjugation to Israel
- Isaiah 11:14 They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them.
Prophesies Respecting: Subjugation to Messiah
- Numbers 24:17 I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth.
- Isaiah 25:10 For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain. But Moab will be trampled in his place as straw is trodden into the dung pile.
Prophesies Respecting: Terror on Account of Israel
- Exodus 15:15 Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; those who dwell in Canaan will melt away,
Prophesies Respecting: Their Desolation As a Punishment for Their Hatred of Israel
- Jeremiah 48:26–27 “Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock. …
- Ezekiel 25:8–9 This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Moab and Seir said, “Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,” …
Prophesies Respecting: To be Captives in Babylon
- Jeremiah 27:3 Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
- Jeremiah 27:8 As for the nation or kingdom that does not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and does not place its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation by sword and famine and plague, declares the LORD, until I have destroyed it by his hand.
- Jeremiah 48:7 Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.
Prophesies Respecting: To Destroyed in Three Years
- Isaiah 16:13–14 This is the message that the LORD spoke earlier concerning Moab. …
Prosperous and at Ease
- Jeremiah 48:11 Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.
Proud and Arrogant
- Isaiah 16:6 We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.
- Jeremiah 48:29 We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his proud arrogance and haughtiness of heart.
Refuse Passage of Jephthah's Army Through Their Territory
- Judges 11:17–18 Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel stayed in Kadesh. …
Refused to Let Israel Pass
- Judges 11:17–18 Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel stayed in Kadesh. …
Revolted from Israel After the Death of Ahab
- 2 Kings 1:1 After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel.
- 2 Kings 3:5 But after the death of Ahab, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
Rich and Confident
- Jeremiah 48:7 Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.
Separated from the Amorites by the River Arnon
- Numbers 21:13 From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends into the Amorite territory. Now the Arnon is the border between the Moabites and the Amorites.
Superstitious
- Jeremiah 27:3 Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
- Jeremiah 27:9 But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcerers who declare, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’
The People of Israel Commanded not to Distress the Moabites
- Deuteronomy 2:9 Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”
The Territory East of the Jordan River, Bounded on the North by the Arnon River
- Numbers 21:13 From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends into the Amorite territory. Now the Arnon is the border between the Moabites and the Amorites.
- Judges 11:18 Then Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, since …
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.