Moabites, descendents of Moab, were peaceful people remaining near their ancestral home in the proximity of Zoar, displacing the Emmi (Deuteronomy 2:10, 11).
Balak, king of the Moabites, being afraid of the Israelites, desired to form a league with the Midianites.
Balaam (Fig. 5) refused to curse the Jews as demanded by the Moabites and instead prophesized that a future king would arise from the Jewish people: Numbers 24:17 "...a star from Jacob takes the leadership...
ENQUIRER. David prayed to the Lord of Hosts to help him smite the Philistines and slay the Syrians and the Moabites, and "the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went." In that we only follow what we find in the Bible.
 See also: Solomon, World, East, South, North
  
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