Dibon

Dibon is a settlement named in 10 verses of the Bible. It is most likely identified with Tall Dhiban (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.

Verses

Numbers

• 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.But we have overthrown them; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. We demolished them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”
• Numbers 32:3
  Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
• Numbers 32:34
  And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,And the Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
• Numbers 33:45
  And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibon–gad.They set out from Iyim and camped at Dibon-gad.
• Numbers 33:46
  And they removed from Dibon–gad, and encamped in Almon–diblathaim.They set out from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim.

Joshua

• 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;The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,
• Joshua 13:17
  Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth–baal, and Beth–baal–meon,to Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,

Isaiah

• 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.Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.

Jeremiah

• 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.Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.
• Jeremiah 48:22
  And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth–diblathaim,upon Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,

Notes

1. Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
2. Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.