Dhiban
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ذيبان Dhiban |
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| Coordinates | 31 ° 30 ′ N , 35 ° 47 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Jordan | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | JO | ||
| height | 731 m | ||
| Residents | 5500 | ||
Dhiban (also Diban ; Arabic ذيبان, DMG Ḏībān ) is a city in Jordan . It is located in the area of biblical Moab , about five kilometers north of the Arnon River and about 20 kilometers east of the Dead Sea . Dhiban is known as the place where the Mesha stele was found .
The city is already mentioned in the Old Testament , under the names Dibon ( 4 Mos 21.30 EU ) and Dibon-gad ( 4 Mos 3.45 EU ). It is said to have been built by Gad and Dibon ( Isa 15,9 EU ). According to the Mesha stele, Dhiban was in the 9th century BC. Probably capital of the kingdom of Moab .
literature
- Immanuel Benzinger : Dibon . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume V, 1, Stuttgart 1903, Col. 356.
Web links
- Friedbert Ninow: Dibon. In: Michaela Bauks, Klaus Koenen, Stefan Alkier (eds.): The scientific biblical dictionary on the Internet (WiBiLex), Stuttgart 2006 ff., Accessed on September 4, 2008.
- Dhiban data from Falling Rain Genomics