Biblical places
Dibon
Capital of Moabite king Mesha, later rebuilt as a town of the tribe of Gad (Numbers 21, 32). The famous Moabite Stone (Mesha Stele) was discovered here in 1868, an important link between biblical history and archaeology.
Sources and location confidence
- Location confidence
- Very High
- Dhiban
- 31.4989, 35.7856
The find-site of the Mesha Stele, so its location is firmly confirmed, with no disagreement between sources.
Related Bible passages
These are selected indexed references, not an exhaustive list of every mention in the Bible.
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.
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;
Nehemiah 11:25
And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjatharba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof,
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.
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.
Numbers 32:3
Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
Joshua 13:17
Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon,
Jeremiah 48:22
And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Bethdiblathaim,