Lo-debar
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| Type | settlement |
|---|---|
| Also called | Lo Debar, Lo-Debar, Lodebar |
| Most likely | Tel Dover (low confidence) |
| Coordinates | 32.684° N, 35.630° E |
| Mentioned in | 4 verses |
| First mention | 2 Samuel 9:4 |
Lo-debar is a settlement named in 4 verses of the Bible. It is most likely identified with Tel Dover (low confidence; 5 other proposals below).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tel Dover | low (17%) | 32.684° N, 35.630° E |
| Umm ed Debar | low (16%) | 32.566° N, 35.612° E |
| Tell el Hamme | very low (5%) | 32.472° N, 35.599° E |
| Ibdar | very low (-1%) | 32.665° N, 35.789° E |
| Khirbet Hamid | very low (-1%) | 32.307° N, 35.771° E |
| Tell el Mughanniya | very low (-1%) | 32.206° N, 35.680° E |
Verses
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 9:4And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo–debar.“Where is he?” replied the king. And Ziba said, “Indeed, he is in Lo-debar at the house of Machir son of Ammiel.”
- 2 Samuel 9:5Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo–debar.So King David had him brought from the house of Machir son of Ammiel in Lo-debar.
- 2 Samuel 17:27And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo–debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,When David came to Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.
Amos
- Amos 6:13Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?you who rejoice in Lo-debar and say, ‘Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?’
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.