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Medeba
Town or city mentioned in 5 verses of the Bible, most often in Joshua.
Where it appears
Joshua (2), Numbers (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Isaiah (1)
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.
- 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 13:16 — And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;
- 1 Chronicles 19:7 — So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
- 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.
Nearby places
- Bamoth 5 km
- Bamoth-baal 5 km
- Nebo 6 km
- Kirjathaim 6 km
- Baal-meon 7 km
- Nebo 7 km
- Sibmah 8 km
- Peor 9 km
Bible Geocoding Data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/geo/), CC BY 4.0. Map: Natural Earth (public domain). Verse text: King James Version.