Lo-debar
Lo-debar is a settlement mentioned in 4 verses. Its most likely location is Tel Dover.
Where is Lo-debar?
Approx. 32.6839, 35.6299 · OpenStreetMap · Google Maps
Possible modern locations
| Identification | Type | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tel Dover | settlement | Low |
| Umm ed Debar | settlement | Medium |
| Tell el Hamme | settlement | Low |
| Ibdar | settlement | Low |
| Khirbet Hamid | settlement | Low |
| Tell el Mughanniya | settlement | Low |
Lo-debar in the Bible dictionary
No pasture, (2 Sam. 17:27), a town in Gilead not far from Mahanaim, north of the Jabbok (9:4, 5). It is probably identical with Debir (Josh. 13:26).
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain. Full dictionary entry →
Verses that mention Lo-debar
- 2 Samuel 9:4
And 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.
- 2 Samuel 9:5
Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo–debar.
- 2 Samuel 17:27
And 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,
- Amos 6:13
Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?