Son of Lot's eldest daughter (Gen. 19: 37). The land of Moab lay southeast of the Dead Sea. The Moabites were akin to the Israelites, and spoke a language that closely resembled Hebrew, but there was constant warfare between the two nations (Num. 22 - 25; Judg. 3: 12-30; Judg. 11: 17; 2 Sam. 8: 2; 2 Kgs. 3: 6-27; 2 Kgs. 13: 20; 2 Kgs. 24: 2; 1 Chr. 18: 2; 2 Chr. 20: 1-25).