Medeba — Bible place

Waters of quiet, an ancient Moabite town (Num. 21:30). It was assigned to the tribe of Reuben (Josh. 13:16). Here was fought the great battle in which Joab defeated the Ammonites and their allies (1 Chr. 19:7-15; comp. 2 Sam. 10:6-14). In the time of Isaiah (15:2) the Moabites regained possession of it from the Ammonites.

The ruins of this important city, now Madeba or Madiyabah, are seen about 8 miles south-west of Heshbon, and 14 east of the Dead Sea. Among these are the ruins of what must have been a large temple, and of three cisterns of considerable extent, which are now dry. These cisterns may have originated the name Medeba, “waters of quiet.”

Recorded scripture occurrences (5)

References recorded in the source data; this is not an exhaustive list of mentions.

Show passage in OET: NUM 21:30

OET-RV NUM 21:30

30 We’ve overpowered them.
⇔ Heshbon has perished as far as Divon
⇔ ≈ and shattered Nofah as far as Meydeva.)

OET-LV NUM 21:30

30 And_we_shot _at _them Ḩeshbōn it _has _perished to Diyⱱvōn and_we _have _devastated to Nofaḩ which is_to Mēydəⱱāʼ.

Show passage in OET: JOS 13:9

OET-RV JOS 13:9

9 from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Arnon riverbed, and the city that’s in the middle of the valley, and all the plateau near Meydeva, to Divon.

OET-LV JOS 13:9

9 From_ˊArōˊēr which is_on the _edge _of the _wadi _of ʼArnōn and_the_city which in _the_middle of_the _wadi and_all the_plain Mēydəⱱāʼ to Diyⱱvōn.

Show passage in OET: JOS 13:16

OET-RV JOS 13:16

16 The area from Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon riverbed) along to the town in the middle of the valley, to the plateau near Meydeva,

OET-LV JOS 13:16

16 And_he/it _was to/for_them the_territory from_ˊArōˊēr which is_on the _edge _of the _wadi _of ʼArnōn and_the_city which in _the_middle of_the _wadi and_all the_plain at Mēydəⱱāʼ.

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