Dedan
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| Type | settlement |
|---|---|
| Also called | Dedanites, Dedanim, Dedanite, Rhodes, Rhodians |
| Most likely | Al Khuraybah (high confidence) |
| Coordinates | 26.650° N, 37.917° E |
| Mentioned in | 7 verses |
| First mention | Isaiah 21:13 |
Dedan is a settlement named in 7 verses of the Bible. It is most likely identified with Al Khuraybah (high confidence).
Location
Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| Al Khuraybah | high (85%) | 26.650° N, 37.917° E |
Verses
Isaiah
- Isaiah 21:13The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.This is the burden against Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 25:23Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair;
- Jeremiah 49:8Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.Turn and run! Lie low, O dwellers of Dedan, for I will bring disaster on Esau at the time I punish him.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 25:13Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword.
- Ezekiel 27:15The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.The men of Dedan were your clients; many coastlands were your market; they paid you with ivory tusks and ebony.
- Ezekiel 27:20Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.Dedan was your merchant in saddlecloths for riding.
- Ezekiel 38:13Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its villages will ask, ‘Have you come to capture the plunder? Have you assembled your hordes to carry away loot, to make off with silver and gold, to take cattle and goods, to seize great spoil?’
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.