Locality.—East of the Israelites on the south.
Chief deity.—Chemosh.
The Moabites and Ammonites were, probably, transitional between the Hebrews and the Syrians; the next families being transitional between the Hebrews and the Arabs.
ISHMAELITES (BENI ISHMAEL.)
Locality.—Probably migratory tribes on the frontier of the Desert.
EDOMITES.
Area.—From the Dead to the Red Sea.
Habits.—Partly pastoral, partly commercial and industrial.
BENI ISRAEL (HEBREWS, THE TWELVE TRIBES).
Area.—Palestine.