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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

mo'-ab-it-es, mo-ab-i'-tes (mo'abhiyah): A woman, or in plural women, of Moab. The term is applied to Ru (1:22; 2:2,6,21; 4:5,10); to some of Solomon's wives (1Ki 11:1); and to Shimrith, whose son shared in the murder of King Joash (2Ch 24:26).

See MOAB.