Medeba
Medeba, a city in Moab captured by the Israelites (Numbers 21:30; Joshua 13:9, 16), later a site of battle between the Ammonites and David's army.
The name Medeba means “waters of grief; waters springing up”
PlaceOld Testament4 books5 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Numbers 21:30; only referred to as Medeba (מֵידְבָא).
Location
- Identified as
- Madaba
- Certainty
- Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)
- Coordinates
- 31.716° N, 35.795° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- מֵידְבָאMedeba
Mentions
- But we have overthrown them; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. We demolished them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”
- The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,
- The territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, to the whole plateau beyond Medeba,
- So they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, as well as the king of Maacah with his troops, who came and camped near Medeba while the Ammonites were mustered from their cities and marched out for battle.
- Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.