What happened at Dibon.
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.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
All 10 verses that name this Dibon.
Numbers 5
- Numbers 21:30We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.
- Numbers 32:3Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
- Numbers 32:34And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
- Numbers 33:45And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibon-gad.
- Numbers 33:46And they removed from Dibon-gad, and encamped in Almon-diblathaim.
Joshua 2
- Joshua 13:9From 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 13:17Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon,
Isaiah 1
- Isaiah 15:2He 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 2
- Jeremiah 48:18Thou 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 48:22And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim,
Other places called Dibon.
Dibon, about 54 km (33 miles) south of Jerusalem.
A city, named in 1 verse.
- Nehemiah 11:25And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjath-arba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof,
Dibon, on the map at the same spot as the Dibon above.
A town, named in 1 verse.
- Isaiah 15:9For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.