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Dibon 1

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Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Nebo Nebo Moab MOAB Medeba Medeba Heshbon Heshbon Elealeh Elealeh Bamoth-baal Bamoth-baal Baal-meon Baal-meon +1 Ataroth Ataroth Aroer Aroer Almon-diblathaim Almon-diblathaim +1 Dibon Dibon 50 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city known location approximate debated 13 places · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · +N: other places on the same point · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH HESHBON · MEDEBA · NEBO 1 · AROER 1 AND 8 MORE, named in the same passages

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How to cite: Scriptoria, Bible Atlas, 2026. scriptoria.digital. License CC BY 4.0.

Map: Scriptoria, CC BY 4.0. Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0. Coast and rivers: Natural Earth, public domain. Relief: ETOPO 2022 (NOAA NCEI), public domain. The credits are in each sheet's footer.

Ruins at Tall Dhiban.

Ruins at Tall Dhiban.

PHOTO: Bashar Tabbah CC BY-SA 4.0 Wikimedia Commons

DISTANCES IN A STRAIGHT LINE

  • Aroer 1 ABOUT 3 MI (5 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT
  • Ataroth 1 ABOUT 8 MI (13 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT
  • Baal-meon ABOUT 12 MI (20 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT
  • Beon ABOUT 12 MI (20 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT
  • Medeba ABOUT 15 MI (24 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT
  • Elealeh ABOUT 22 MI (36 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 2 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Jerusalem ABOUT 37 MI (60 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 3 DAYS ON FOOT

In a straight line, between the atlas's coordinates. On foot, at 30 km (19 mi) a day on a road 1.3 times longer than the line.

2 OTHER PLACES CALLED DIBON

9 PASSAGES

COORDINATES 31.5022, 35.7766

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ON WIKIDATA · Q1019166