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Medeba in the Bible.

Medeba is a town in the Bible, about 54 km (33 miles) east of Jerusalem. The King James Version names it in 5 verses, from Numbers 21:30 to Isaiah 15:2.

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What happened at Medeba.

Waters of quiet, an ancient Moabite town (Num. 21:30). It was assigned to the tribe of Reuben (Josh. 13:16). Here was fought the great battle in which Joab defeated the Ammonites and their allies (1 Chr. 19:7-15; comp. 2 Sam. 10:6-14). In the time of Isaiah (15:2) the Moabites regained possession of it from the Ammonites.

The ruins of this important city, now Madeba or Madiyabah, are seen about 8 miles south-west of Heshbon, and 14 east of the Dead Sea. Among these are the ruins of what must have been a large temple, and of three cisterns of considerable extent, which are now dry. These cisterns may have originated the name Medeba, “waters of quiet.”

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

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All 5 verses that name Medeba.

Numbers 1

  • 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.

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 13:16And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;

1 Chronicles 1

  • 1 Chronicles 19:7So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.

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.

Questions about Medeba.

Where is Medeba in the Bible?

Medeba is a town about 54 km (33 miles) east of Jerusalem. BibleLectio shows it on a painted map of the Bible’s world, with every verse that names it.

How many times is Medeba named in the Bible?

The King James Version names Medeba in 5 verses, in 4 books, from Numbers 21:30 to Isaiah 15:2.

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