Moab Facts for 3-8 Year Olds

Categories: Abraham and Sarah

• Moab was Lot’s grandson.
• His mother was Lot’s eldest daughter.
• His name might mean something like, “Who’s your father?”
• The word also refers to the people of Moab.
• Their land was fertile, so it was great for pasture.
• The people were doing well.
• They had a god named Chemosh.
• They lived in the land God promised to the Israelites.
• The two nations did not get along.
• Ruth was from Moab.
• She is the great grandmother of David.
• Some of their history is on the Moabite Stone. It is very old.
• The Babylonians wiped them out in 582 BCE.