Figures

Every named figure.

Lifespans, relatives, and scripture references. Every claim is traceable; tradition tags surface where readings differ.

6 of 2,781 curated.

Balak
Balak
Wildernessforeign-kingMoabites

Son of Zippor; king of Moab who hired Balaam to curse Israel after their victory over Sihon.

Eglon
Eglon
Judgesforeign-kingMoabites

King of Moab who oppressed Israel eighteen years; a very fat man. Assassinated by Ehud.

Ithmah the Moabite
Ithmah the Moabite
United kingdomWarriorMoabites

Of David's mighty men in the 1 Chronicles list; a Moabite by birth.

Moab
Moab
PatriarchalMoabites

Son of Lot by his elder daughter, conceived in incest after the destruction of Sodom; eponymous ancestor of the Moabite people.

Orpah
Orpah
JudgesMoabites

Moabite widow of Chilion; returned to her own people after Naomi released her.

Ruth
Ruth
JudgesMatriarchJudahMoabitesChrist's line

Moabite widow of Mahlon; refused to leave Naomi ('whither thou goest, I will go'). Married Boaz under the levirate principle and bore Obed, grandfather of David. Named in Matthew 1:5.

Curation status: Primeval (Genesis 1–11), patriarchs (Genesis 12–50), Exodus/Numbers, Joshua/Judges/Ruth, the united and divided monarchies (Saul, David, all kings of Judah and Israel), the writing prophets, post-exilic figures (Zerubbabel, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther), the Holy Family, John the Baptist, the Twelve, and the early apostolic generation are all in. 2,781figures curated so far. The remaining named biblical figures (priestly genealogies in 1 Chronicles, the post-exile lists in Ezra/Nehemiah, the obscure persons in Acts and the epistles) are pending. Every claim is rigorously sourced; gaps mean “not yet curated”, not “not in scripture”.