Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Dibon?

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

First appears in Nehemiah 11:25 · 1 books · 1 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 Nehemiah 11:25 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 46 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 54 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 54 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 64 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 70 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

Khirbet edh Dheiba

31.296°N · 35.156°E

Key passages

Appears in

Nehemiah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention