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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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.