Moabites
a pastoral people, who inhabited the bleak and mountainous country E. of the lower part of the Jordan and of the Dead Sea. Their sovereign divinity was Chemosh, and patriotism was an essential part of their religion. They were ethnologically cognate with the Hebrews, and were compelled to become tributary to David, but about 850 B. c. shook off their allegiance to the Jewish kings, and afterward took part with the Chaldeans against the Jews. Their name no longer exists, and the remnants of the people MOBILE have long been included among the Arabs.
The most striking feature about the country in modern times is the immense number of rude stone monuments with which it is covered.