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Place · City

Dinhabah

Named in 2 verses across 2 books, first in Genesis 36:32.

In the Bible

All 1 verse in Genesis, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Genesis

  • Genesis 36:32

    Bela son of Beor reigned in Edom; the name of his city was Dinhabah.

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

Robbers’ den, an Edomitish city, the capital of king Bela (Gen. 36:32). It is probably the modern Dibdiba, a little north-east of Petra.

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