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Dibon

דִּיבֹן · di.von · H1769Gדִּימוֹן · di.mon · H17752 other spellings“abundance of knowledge” Hitchcock's 186911 mentions in 4 books, most in Numbers (5)
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Where it is

AroerBeth-gamulKiriathaimKiriathaimArnonArnonHolonHolonArArDibonabout 48 km across

31.50° N, 35.78° E

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Mentioned most in

Numbers · 5Joshua · 2Isaiah · 2Jeremiah · 2
Counted from 11 references · STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

About this place

Dibon, also called Dibon-gad, was a city located in the region of Moab, north of the Arnon River. It was originally inhabited by the Moabites (Numbers 21:30) but was later conquered by the Israelites and allotted to the tribe of Gad (Numbers 32:3, 34; Joshua 13:9, 17). The Gadites rebuilt and fortified the city (Numbers 32:34). However, Dibon was later repossessed by the Moabites (Isaiah 15:2; Jeremiah 48:18, 22). The city is mentioned in the famous Mesha Stele (Moabite Stone), which records the victories of King Mesha of Moab against Israel. Dibon is also associated with the "waters of Dimon" in Isaiah 15:9, possibly referring to a nearby river or stream. The city was one of the stopping points during the Israelites' wilderness wanderings (Numbers 33:45-46).

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Every mention

11 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
NumbersChapter 21: 1 mentionChapter 32: 2 mentionsChapter 33: 2 mentions5 mentions
Numbers 21:30We have shot at them. Heshbon has perished even to Dibon. We have laid waste even to Nophah, Which reaches to Medeba.”Numbers 32:3“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,Numbers 32:34The children of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,Numbers 33:45They traveled from Iyim, and encamped in Dibon Gad.Numbers 33:46They traveled from Dibon Gad, and encamped in Almon Diblathaim.
JoshuaChapter 13: 2 mentions2 mentions
Joshua 13:9from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain of Medeba to Dibon;Joshua 13:17Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the plain; Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,
IsaiahChapter 15: 2 mentions2 mentions
Isaiah 15:2They have gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and over Medeba. Baldness is on all of their heads. Every beard is cut off.Isaiah 15:9For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; for I will bring yet more on Dimon, a lion on those of Moab who escape, and on the remnant of the land.
JeremiahChapter 48: 2 mentions2 mentions
Jeremiah 48:18“You daughter who dwells in Dibon, come down from your glory, and sit in thirst; for the destroyer of Moab has come up against you. He has destroyed your strongholds.Jeremiah 48:22on Dibon, on Nebo, on Beth Diblathaim,

What the dictionary says

Pining; wasting.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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