Places in the Bible · Settlement

Dibon

Dibon is a settlement mentioned in 10 verses. Its most likely location is Tall Dhiban. The name means “abundance of knowledge.”

ruins at Tall Dhiban
ruins at Tall Dhiban · Photo: Bashar Tabbah (CC-BY-SA-4.0), via Wikimedia Commons

Where is Dibon?

Approx. 31.5022, 35.7766 · OpenStreetMap · Google Maps

Possible modern locations

IdentificationTypeConfidence
Tall DhibansettlementHigh

Dibon in the Bible dictionary

Pining; wasting. (1.) A city in Moab (Num. 21:30); called also Dibon-gad (33:45), because it was built by Gad and Dimon (Isa. 15:9). It has been identified with the modern Diban, about 3 miles north of the Arnon and 12 miles east of the Dead Sea. (See Moabite Stone.)

(2.) A city of the tribe of Judah, inhabited after the Captivity (Neh. 11:25); called also Dimonah (Josh. 15:22). It is probably the modern ed-Dheib.

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Verses that mention Dibon

  • 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.

  • Numbers 32:3

    Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

  • Numbers 32:34

    And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,

  • Numbers 33:45

    And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibon–gad.

  • Numbers 33:46

    And they removed from Dibon–gad, and encamped in Almon–diblathaim.

  • 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;

  • Joshua 13:17

    Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth–baal, and Beth–baal–meon,

  • 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.

  • Jeremiah 48:22

    And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth–diblathaim,