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source: the public domain Smith's Bible Dictionary, found at http://www.studylight.org/dic/sbd/view.cgi?word=moab&action=Lookup Note the copyright notice: "these files are public domain"

Edited to remove some anachronisms, framing text added.

This is a classic example of why I believe a 19th century encyclopedia with a religious agenda is a poor source of information. The Moabites were a historical people. Their existence is attested to by numerous archeological findings, most notably the Mesha Stele, which describes the Moabite victory over Omri king of Israel. Israelites and Moabites had a complex relationship, as I hinted to with the Ruth reference. They were both Semitic peoples, who spoke virtually identical languages. They fought, but they also mingled. The biblical narrative has a clear agenda, when it describes the Moabites (generally as rivals). That should be described, of course. After all, that is the main reason the Moabites are known today--and they are known: a town in Utah is named after them. However, the ancient people known as Moabites obviously had a very different perspective on that relationship. We are not here to give the biblical perspective, but a historical/archaeological perspective (no matter how limited), with references to the Bible as one ancient source (and useful) source in understanding who the Moabites were. Danny I agree ! And the page still needs cleanup today ! I added quote to the phrase "promised land" which was used in a way that suggests the land actually *was* promised. The text suggests the biblical origin of the Moabites, as incestuous descendants of a nephew of Abraham, is real. Nobel prize 4 peace 00:54, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Unto the 10th generation" should be read as "EVEN unto the 10th generation" as in "Not even 10 generations from the time of this writing shall you let them in" as a way of saying "No generations at all". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.82.106.7 (talk) 09:31, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Stray Comment

Moabite Religion. The Moabite Stone also called the Mesha Stele is believed to be the earliest reference to the name YHWH Yahweh the God of Israel as used in the Tetragrammaton.
Above unsigned comment by IP 99.188.109.122 on 24 April 2012‎

Please be respectful and not vandalize nor experiment on Talk or Article pages. — al-Shimoni (talk) 05:40, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong on Reuben

See Kings II 10:32ff, it was Aram under Hazael not David. 4.249.198.165 (talk) 16:28, 10 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong on Omri

The Moabites did not defeat Omri- the Mesha Stele clearly states that Omri defeated them. Mesha is talking about a victory over Omri's unnamed son. -RomeW

Should this be a disambiguation page for the various Moab entries?

done, but kept this page as primary meaning, so Moab (disambiguation). Rd232 17:38, 8 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Archaeological evidence

Anybody working on this page interested in the archaeological evidence for Iron Age Moab? Bporter615 22:53, 23 October 2006 (UTC)bporter615[reply]

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capital conflict:Is it Dibon or Kerak?

different sections of the article give different answers.130.86.14.25 (talk) 05:09, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Need REAL sources

What is to be known about the Moabites' history outside of the Bible, what is just a bunch of fairytales? Any real datas could be presented, please? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.133.27.75 (talk) 19:55, 18 July 2009 (UTC) ==[reply]

While I shudder at refs with "comp. also" notes in them, the article does include links to artifacts that are fairly clearly Moabite. Hcobb (talk) 19:40, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mistake in quote from Joshua

The quote from Joshua involves the tribe of Reuven and Gad who settled on the eastern side of the Jordan. They built what appeared to be an altar, even though sacrifices were restricted to the Tabernacle. That is what caused the other tribes to almost start a civil war until the facts were explained. It does not belong in this posting. Sabba Hillel (talk) 19:15, 21 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Poor cronology

Neither in the introduction nor in the history section are there any time references, not even centuries. Surely this would be possible to supply. __meco (talk) 16:05, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.113.186.64 (talk) 19:15, 21 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Exact location of Kerioth?

I could have sworn Wikipedia used to have a Map that showed me exactly where the Moabite Kerioth was. The Kerioth of Judah gets more attention it seems because everyone assumes that's where Judas was from. But there was some overlap between Moabite territory and Reuben, and I've read one tradition that Judas was a Reubenite, it's by no means old enough to anything definitive on, but if Kerioth was north of the Ammon River and in land that was part of Perea in NT times then I think it's an interesting correlation.