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The existence of the Kingdom of Moab is attested to by numerous archaeological findings, most notably the Mesha Stele, which describes the Moabite victory over an unnamed son of King Omri of Israel, an episode also noted in 2 Kings 3.
He was the head of the confederacy of Moab, Ammon and Amalek in their assault on Israel. [2] Eglon reigned over the Israelites for 18 years. [3] One day, Ehud, who was left handed, came presenting a customary tribute and tricked Eglon and stabbed him with his sword, but when Ehud attempted to draw the sword back out, the obese king's excess fat prevented its retrieval.
Balak son of Zippor (Hebrew: בָּלָק Bālāq) [1] was a king of Moab described in the Book of Numbers in the Hebrew Bible, where his dealings with the prophet and sorcerer Balaam are recounted. Balak tried to engage Balaam the son of Beor for the purpose of cursing the migrating Israelite community. [2]
Later, after the split of Israel into two kingdoms, King Omri of the northern kingdom of Israel, reconquered Moab after it had been lost subsequent to King Solomon's reign. The Mesha Stele, named after the Moabite king who erected it, makes no mention of earlier history and only mentions the conquest of the land by Omri. The stele records Mesha ...
How Moab was oppressed by Omri King of Israel and his son as the result of the anger of the god Chemosh Mesha's victories over Omri's son (not named) and the men of Gad at Ataroth , Nebo and Jehaz His building projects, restoring the fortifications of his strong places and building a palace and reservoirs for water
2 Kings 3 is the third chapter in the second part of the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible or the Second Book of Kings in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] The book is a compilation of various annals recording the acts of the kings of Israel and Judah by a Deuteronomic compiler in the seventh century BCE, with a supplement added in the sixth century BCE. [3]
Rashi notes regarding Israel's travels on the way: "when you were in [a state of] extreme exhaustion." According to the Ruth Rabbah, Ruth was Orpah's sister and the two were daughters of Eglon, the king of Moab; according to the same text, Eglon was the son of Balak. [8]
Kammusu-nadbi or Chemosh-nadab (Moabite: 𐤊𐤌𐤔𐤍𐤃𐤁, romanized: Kamōš-nadab [1] [2] [3] or Kamōš-nadbī; [2] [4] Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒄰𒈬𒋢𒈾𒀜𒁉, romanized: Kammusu-nâdbi [5]) was the king of Moab during the reign of Sennacherib.