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Dibon
Town or city mentioned in 11 verses of the Bible, most often in Numbers.
Where it appears
Numbers (5), Joshua (2), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (2)
Key verses
- Numbers 21:30 first mention — 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,
- Numbers 33:45 — And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibon-gad.
- Numbers 33:46 — And they removed from Dibon-gad, and encamped in Almon-diblathaim.
- 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,
- 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.
- Isaiah 15:9 — For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.
- 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,
Nearby places
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