Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Dibon?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tall Dhiban.

First appears in Numbers 21:30 · 4 books · 6 chapters

Overview

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). Modern identification: Tall Dhiban.

Dibon is represented in the local geography layer as Tall Dhiban. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Numbers 21:30 and is mentioned across 4 books, with 10 verse references collected into the glossary index.

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About 35 km away in the local coordinate layer.

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About 52 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 58 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 60 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 60 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Dibon today

Travel to Dibon, the modern-day Tall Dhiban.

Dibon is commonly identified with Tall Dhiban, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Dibon is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Tall Dhiban

31.502°N · 35.777°E

Key passages

Appears in

Numbers

3 chapters · 5 verse mentions

Joshua

1 chapter · 2 verse mentions

Jeremiah

1 chapter · 2 verse mentions

Isaiah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention