The Nations of the Bible: Moab and Ammon

  John David Clark, Sr. – January, 1995 Location:God gave to Moab and Ammon the territory called in ancient times, “Ar” (Dt.2:9), the area east of Jordan and southward from the Jabbok River to the southern tip of the Salt Sea. To Moab belonged the land nearest to Canaan, and to Ammon belonged the region […]

AMORITES

am’-o-rits; Amorites (‘emori, always in the singular like the Babylonian Amurru from which it is taken; Amorraioi): 1. Varying Use of the Name Explained 2. The Amorite Kingdom 3. Sihon’s Conquest 4. Disappearance of the Amorite Kingdom 5. Physical Characteristics of the Amorites The name Amorite is used in the Old Testament to denote (1) […]

Moabites – Encyclopaedia Britannica

Moabites,  member of a West-Semitic people who lived in the highlands east of the Dead Sea (now in west-central Jordan) and flourished in the 9th century bc. They are known principally through information given in the Old Testament and from the inscription on the Moabite Stone. The Moabites’ culture is dated by scholars from about the late 14th century bc to 582 bc, […]

MOAB; MOABITES

mo’-ab, mo’-ab-its (Moab, mo’abh, Moabite Stone, M-’-B; Greek (Septuagint) Moab, he Moabeitis, Moabitis; Moabite, mo’abhi; Moabites, bene mo’abh): 1. The Land: Moab was the district East of the Dead Sea, extending from a point some distance North of it to its southern end. The eastern boundary was indefinite, being the border of the desert which […]

The Moabites

The Moabites were descendants of Lot, Moab being the son of Lot and his older daughter. [Ammon was the son of Lot with his younger daughter, thus the Ammonites. The Edomites were descended from Esau, the son of Isaac. The Amalekites were descended from Eliphaz, a son of Esau.] Geography of Moab The territory of […]

Genealogy of Biblical Names

Note From RaymondTheBrave:- The following genealogy explains where the names of people correlates to which areas of the earth in Biblical times. This is very important some in trying to understand fully what happened in the Old Testament and also explains some of the current questions that many Christians have concerning why peoples name in […]

The Canaanite’s

Note By RaymondTheBrave:- I want to post items on each tribe of people (normally ite’s) to outline what we know about each tribe to help understand why God either directly or using the Israelites to completely destroy them. It is important to understand that all children under the age of accountability would not be held accountable for […]

Answers to Questions Listed by Topics Beginning with the Letter “A”

Aaron Why did Aaron make the golden calf? Abortion Can a Christian be involved in distributing contraceptives if it will reduce the number of abortions? Can I be forgiven of abortion and adultery? Could I get pregnant if the condom leaked? How can I stop being so judgmental against my sisters who had abortions? How […]

Answers to Questions Listed by Topics Beginning with the Letter “G”

Note By RaymondTheBrave:-  This is a great resource for many questions that Christians may have. I do not agree with some of the answers like the one concerning God being outside of time. He has to be outside of time and not as the writer says, that God is part of time. End Of Note: […]

The Judge of All the Earth

Text: Job 34 Have you ever cried out: “It’s not fair!”? Perhaps you told you mom that, or a teacher, or a friend. Usually people say it when they think they are not being treated justly or in a proper way. We symbolize justice as a blindfolded woman holding a pair of scales in one […]