Thematic Bible: Also called dibon-gad and dimon
Thematic Bible
Dibon » Also called dibon-gad and dimon » Taken by moab
against Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,
They have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, to the high places to weep.
Moab wails over Nebo and over Medeba;
Everyone’s head is shaved, and every beard is cut off [in mourning].
For the waters of Dimon are full of blood;
Yet I will bring even more woes on Dimon—
A lion upon those of Moab who escape and upon the remnant of the land.
“Come down from your glory,
O Daughter living in
And sit on the parched ground [among the thirsty]!
For the destroyer of Moab has advanced against you;
He has destroyed your strongholds.
Dibon » Also called dibon-gad and dimon » Allotted to gad and reuben
“[The country around] Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
The sons of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
with Heshbon, and all its cities which are on the plain: Dibon and Bamoth-baal and Beth-baal-meon,
from Aroer on the edge of the valley of the [river] Arnon, and the city in the middle of the valley, and all the plain of Medeba, as far as Dibon;
Verse Concepts
Dibon » Also called dibon-gad and dimon » A city on the northern banks of the arnon
“We have shot them down [with arrows];
Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon,
And we have laid them waste as far as Nophah,
Which reaches to Medeba.”
Dibon » Also called dibon-gad and dimon » Israelites encamp at
They moved out from Iyim (Iye-abarim) and camped at Dibon-gad.