![]() ![]() The language of this inscription is very close to biblical Hebrew in fact, Israelites and Moabites probably could have conversed without a translator. This inscription commemorates events in the reign of Mesha king of Moab, including his overthrow of Israelite rule (see the parallel account in 2Kgs 3). One of the most important inscriptions related to Israel derives from the Moabites: It is the Mesha Stela, a stela discovered at the site of Dhiban (in Jordan) in 1868. Israel and Moab share a great-grandfather in Terah, the father of Abraham ( Gen 11:27), and Deut 2:9-12 gives Moab a similar history to Israel, displacing an indigenous race of giants in order to claim territory given to them by Yahweh. Prior to murdering Moabite captives, David sent his father and mother to take refuge with the king of Moab while on the run from Saul ( 1Sam 22:3-4). The genealogy of David is traced to Ruth, that most worthy of Moabites ( Ruth 4:17-18 and see Matt 1:5-6). Other traditions present a more favorable view of Moabite- Israelite relations. The prophets Amos ( Amos 2:1-2), Isaiah ( Isa 15-16, Isa 25:10-12), Jeremiah ( Jer 48), and Ezekiel ( Ezek 25:8-11) all prophesy the destruction of Moab. Elisha prophesies water in the desert and victory over Moab, but when the king of Moab sacrifices his first-born son a great wrath is unleashed against the armies of Israel and Judah ( 2Kgs 3:27). The victorious King David is said to have systematically executed two out of every three Moabite captives ( 2Sam 8:2). The Moabite king Balak hires Balaam to curse the Israelites but is foiled by a talking donkey ( Num 22-24), and a later Moabite monarch, Eglon, oppresses Israel until he is assassinated by the clever Ehud from the tribe of Benjamin ( Judg 3:12-30). The offspring of such unions are barred from entering the assembly of Yahweh even after ten generations, according to Deut 23:3. Moabite women lead the men of Israel into sin during the exodus ( Num 25:1-2) and Solomon into sin as king ( 1Kgs 11:1, 1Kgs 11:7). Moabite history begins with an ethnic joke that goes back to Lot’s incestuous relations with his daughters, implying that the similarity in Hebrew between Mo’abi (“Moabite”) and me’abi (“from my father”) was no coincidence ( Gen 19:37). 1978-, et al.In the Hebrew Bible, the relationship between Israel and Moab is an enigma. Making all things new: inaugurated eschatology for the life of the church by: Gladd, Benjamin L. The Limit Decision Problem and Four-Dimensionalism by: Costa, Damiano ca. ![]() 1946- Published: (2010)Įffects of self-compassion on The Four Immeasurables and happiness of volunteers in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region by: Thammarongpreechachai, Pattarapong, et al. Macrosociology Four Modern Theorists by: Blasi, Anthony J. The kingdom of God in the teaching of Jesus in 20th century theology by: Saucy, Mark Published: (1997) RELIGION AND POLITICS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM by: Hornsby-Smith, Michael P. THE FOUR RIVERS OF EDEN IN JUDAISM AND ISLAM by: Hosseinizadeh, Abdol Majid Published: (2012) Published: (2018)ĪPPLYING THE FOUR-PRINCIPLE APPROACH by: Gordon, John-Stewart, et al. Tasting the Kingdom: Wine-Drinking and Audience Inference in Mark 15.36 by: Whitenton, Michael R. “The Four Ideals”: A Contemplative Exercise by Gurdjieff by: Azize, Joseph 1957- Published: (2013) Kingdom Come: The Eschatology of Missionary Maps by: Onnekink, David 1971- Published: (2021) The Four Stanzas of the Apocalypse by: Hicks, Michael 1956- Published: (2019)Įarly Buddhist philosophy in the light of the four noble truths by: Verdú, Alfonso Published: (1985) ![]() Social concern in the context of Jesus' kingdom, mission and ministry by: Dempster, Murray W. The annals of the four masters: Irish history, kingship and society in the early seventeenth century by: Cunningham, Bernadette Published: (2010)Īpocalypse Now: Preaching the Anagogical Sense of Sacred Scripture by: O'Brien, John D. The Four Horsemen of New Atheism: A Select Bibliography by: Finley, Wayne Published: (2019) Some Proposed Connections between the Visions of Amram and the Four Kingdoms in View of the Aramaic Literature from Qumran by: Machiela, Daniel A. ![]()
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