Dhiban is a town in Jordan, several kilometers south of Amman and east of the Dead Sea. In ancient times it was known as Dibon and was one of the main centers of power for the kingdom of Moab, as well as a major trade site on the King's Highway. Amman, sometimes spelled Ammann (Arabic عمان ʿAmmān), the capital of the Kingdom of Jordan, a city of more than 1. ... Dead Sea at Sunset (from Suwayma, Jordan) The Dead Sea (Hebrew ים המלח) , (Arabic البحر الميت) is the lowest exposed point on the Earths surface. ... Moab (מוֹאָב, Standard Hebrew Moʾav, Tiberian Hebrew Môʾāḇ Greek Μωάβ; Assyrian Muaba, Maba, Maab; Egyptian Muab) is the historical name for a mountainous strip of land in modern-day Jordan running along the eastern shore of the Dead Sea. ... The King’s Highway was a trade route of vital importance to the ancient Middle East. ...

It was the ancestral home of King Mesha. A 9th Century B.C.E King of Moab, a strip of hilly land in present-day Jordan, which lay north of Edom, across the Dead Sea from Judah up to the Arnon river valley. ...

Dibon

It was also a stopping place for the Israelites during the Exodus. It was called "Dibon" (Hebrew: דִּיבֹן), or "Dibon Gad" (דִּיבֹן גָּד) at the time because it was built by Gad. Its name means wasting or pining. An Israelite is a member of the Twelve Tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of the Biblical patriarch Jacob who was renamed Israel by God in the book of Genesis, 32:28 The Israelites were a group of Hebrews, as described in the Bible. ... The article Exodus discusses the events related in the book of the Bible and Torah by the same name. ... Hebrew (עִבְרִית ‘Ivrit) is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Jewish communities around the world. ... The Tribe of Gad (גָּד soldier, Standard Hebrew Gad, Tiberian Hebrew Gāḏ) is one of the Hebrew tribes, founded by Gad son of Jacob, who was born to Zilpah, the handmaiden of Jacobs first wife, Leah. ...

This entry incorporates text from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897. Iye Abarim (Hebrew: עִיֵּי הָעֲבָרִים) was one of the places the Israelites stopped at during the Exodus. ... The article Exodus discusses the events related in the book of the Bible and Torah by the same name. ... The Stations list is the list of the locations visited by the Israelites following their exodus from Egypt. ... Almon Diblathaim (Hebrew: עַלְמֹן דִּבְלָתָיְמָה) was one of the places the Israelites stopped at during the Exodus. ... Eastons Bible Dictionary generally refers to the Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, by Matthew George Easton M.A., D.D. (1823-1894), published three years after Eastons death in 1897 by Thomas Nelson. ...