Moab

E108457

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

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Moab canonical 69
city of Moab 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient kingdom ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
archaeologicalRegion Dhiban area ⓘ
biblicalAncestor Moab (son of Lot) ⓘ
linked to: Moab son of Lot
borderedBy Arnon River ⓘ
Zered River ⓘ
capital Dibon ⓘ
chiefDeity Chemosh ⓘ
conflictWith 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 languages ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Semitic
languageSpoken Moabite language ⓘ
laterControlledBy Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ
Persian Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
linked to: Achaemenid Empire

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

Medeba ⓘ
Nebo ⓘ
mentionedIn Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
linked to: Bible
neighborOf Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
originNarrativeSource Book of Genesis ⓘ
presentDayLocation Jordan ⓘ
presentDayRegion west-central Jordan ⓘ
rebelledAgainst Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
regionOf Plateau east of the Dead Sea ⓘ
religion polytheism ⓘ
ruler Mesha, king of Moab ⓘ
linked to: Mesha
scriptFamily Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
scriptUsed Moabite script ⓘ
linked to: Nabataean alphabet
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 Kingdom of Israel ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (70)

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

Book of Ruth → setIn → Moab ⓘ
subject linked to: Ruth
Moabite → spokenIn → Moab ⓘ
Ancient Israel → borders → Moab ⓘ
Gilead → borderedBy → 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 ⓘ
Chemosh → worshippedIn → Moab ⓘ
Psalm 83 → mentionsEntity → Moab ⓘ
Balaam → associatedWith → Moab ⓘ
Ammon → neighborOf → Moab ⓘ
Ammon → alliedWith → Moab ⓘ
Book of Ruth → setting → Moab ⓘ
Moabite language → region → Moab ⓘ
Dibon → locatedIn → Moab ⓘ
Dibon → describedAs → city of Moab ⓘ
linked to: Moab
Ar of Moab → locatedIn → Moab ⓘ
Nebo → locatedIn → Moab ⓘ
Heshbon → laterControl → Moab ⓘ
Medeba → locatedIn → Moab ⓘ
‘Arvot Moav → locatedIn → Moab ⓘ
Machlon → migratedTo → Moab ⓘ
Machlon → diedIn → Moab ⓘ
Machlon → marriedIn → Moab ⓘ
Mesha → countryRuled → Moab ⓘ
king of Moab → country → Moab ⓘ