Moab Facts for 9-13 Year Olds

Moab was Lot’s grandson and the son of Lot’s eldest daughter.
He was conceived after Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed.
His name might mean something like, “Who’s your father?”
The word also refers to the people of Moab.
The highlands east of Jordan and the Dead Sea and south of Amon comprised the territory of Moab.
The area was fifty miles long and thirty miles wide.
It had natural boundaries on three sides.
The land is known for its rolling hills and many streams, making it good for pasture.
The Moabites lived for 8 centuries, starting with 1400 BCE.
Their main god was Chemosh.
They lived in Canaan before the Israelites came.
After the Israelites moved into Canaan (the Promised Land), there were many skirmishes as the people of Moab tried to keep their land.
Relations between nations were generally tense whenever they shared a border.
Ruth, the great grandmother of David and one of only four women mentioned in Jesus’ genealogy, was a Moabite.
In 1868, a German missionary discovered the Moabite Stone.
The stone has 34 lines that tell of wars with Israelite kings.
The Babylonians wiped them out in 582 BCE.