Editing Moab (section)

{{Short description|Ancient kingdom East of the Dead Sea}}
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{{Infobox country
| native_name = <span style="font-weight: normal">𐤌𐤀𐤁</span>
| conventional_long_name = Kingdom of Moab
| common_name = Moab
| capital = [[Dibon]]
| common_languages = [[Moabite language|Moabite]]
| religion = [[Canaanite religion]]
| status = Monarchy
| year_start = c. 13th century BCE&nbsp;
| event_end = Collapsed
| year_end = &nbsp;c. 400 BCE
| image_map = Kingdoms around Israel 830 map.svg
| image_map_caption = A theoretical map of [[Canaan]] around 830&nbsp;BCE. Moab is shown in purple on this map, between the [[Wadi Mujib|Arnon]] and [[Wadi Zered|Zered]] rivers.
 |today = [[Jordan]]
}}

'''Moab'''{{Efn|[[Moabite language|Moabite]]: {{script|Phnx|𐤌𐤀𐤁}} ''Māʾab''; {{langx|hbo|מוֹאָב}} ''Mōʾāḇ''; {{langx|grc|Μωάβ}} ''Mōáb''; [[Akkadian language|Assyrian]]: 𒈬𒀪𒁀𒀀𒀀 ''Mu'abâ'', 𒈠𒀪𒁀𒀀𒀀 ''Ma'bâ'', 𒈠𒀪𒀊 ''Ma'ab''; [[Egyptian language|Egyptian]]: 𓈗𓇋𓃀𓅱𓈉 ''Mū'ībū''|name=|group=}} ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|oʊ|æ|b}}) was an ancient [[Levant|Levantine]] kingdom whose territory is today located in southern [[Jordan]]. The land is mountainous and lies alongside much of the eastern shore of the [[Dead Sea]]. The existence of the '''Kingdom of Moab''' is attested to by numerous archaeological findings, most notably the [[Mesha Stele]], which describes the Moabite victory over an unnamed son of [[Kings of Israel and Judah|King]] [[Omri]] of [[Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)|Israel]], an episode also noted in [[Books of Kings|2 Kings 3]]. The Moabite capital was [[Dibon]]. According to the [[Hebrew Bible]], Moab was often in conflict with its [[Israelites|Israelite]] neighbours to the west.