Dibon in the Bible

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Dibon in the Bible

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At a glance

  • Name: Dibon
  • Classification: Place
  • Testament: Old Testament
  • Verse mentions: 9
  • Books: 5
  • Chapters: 6

Description

Dibon is a city in Moab, mentioned in Numbers 21:30 and Numbers 32:3. It was rebuilt by the tribe of Gad and later became an important Moabite city.

KJV Bible references

Numbers 21:30

We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, And we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, Which reacheth unto Medeba.

Numbers 32:3

Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

Numbers 32:34

And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,

Joshua 13:9

from Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;

Joshua 13:17

Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon,

Nehemiah 11:25

And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjath-arba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof,

Isaiah 15:2

He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: On all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.

Jeremiah 48:18

Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, Come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; For the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, And he shall destroy thy strong holds.

Jeremiah 48:22

And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim,

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