Lo-debar
Where it is
32.66° N, 35.78° E
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Counted from 5 references · STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0
About this place
Lo-debar, also referred to as Debir, was a town located in Gilead, east of the Jordan River (Joshua 13:26). It is mentioned in the context of King David's kindness to Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan. After the deaths of Saul and Jonathan, Mephibosheth was living in Lo-debar under the care of Machir, son of Ammiel (2Sa.9.4-5). David summoned Mephibosheth from Lo-debar and showed him kindness for the sake of his father Jonathan (2Sa.9.5). Lo-debar is also mentioned in a sarcastic statement by King David, referring to it as a place of little significance (Amo.6.13).
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Every mention
5 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
Joshua 1 mention
2 Samuel 3 mentions
2 Samuel 9:4The king said to him, “Where is he?” Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo Debar.”2 Samuel 9:5Then King David sent and brought him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo Debar.2 Samuel 17:27When David had come to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
Amos 1 mention
What the dictionary says
No pasture, (2 Sam. 17:27), a town in Gilead not far from Mahanaim, north of the Jabbok (9:4, 5).
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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