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MEDEBA
Moabite town in the fertile plain northeast of the Dead Sea, about 25 miles (40.2 kilometers) south of Philadelphia (modern Amman). It was situated 6 miles (9.7 kilometers) south of Heshbon on the Roman road to Kerak.
Here the Amorites defeated Moab (Nm 21:30). Later, Israel defeated Sihon, king of the Amorites, at Medeba and assigned it to Reuben’s tribe (Jos 13:9, 16). At this place David routed an Aramean army hired by the Ammonites to attack his forces (1 Chr 19:7).
According to the Moabite Stone, the town was once controlled by Omri and Ahab of Israel; however, when Mesha reasserted Moabite dominance in the eighth century BC, he rebuilt Medeba and other Moabite cities. Medeba is named in Isaiah’s prophecies against Moab (Is 15:2). In later times Joram and Jehoshaphat made unsuccessful attempts at capturing this city.