Dhiban

The ruin, the debris, the desecration, the filth of the last quarter of a century force themselves upon our consciousness to a degree difficult to overcome, and it requires an effort, of which we were little conscious elsewhere, to realize its former dignity.

When Joshua was old and well stricken in years it must have been a little discouraging to him to learn that, besides other large tracts of country in this district, all the plain of Madaba unto Dibon remained to be possessed.

Mesha, king of Dibon, over six hours' ride to the south, mentions upon the famous Moabite Stone, 897 B.C., that it belonged to the Israelites in his period, the reign of Omri; but it afterwards passed into the possession of the Moabites, and still later into that of the Nabataeans, who came hither from the south of Arabia.

Madaba withstood Hercanus during a siege of six months about a century before Christ, and during the Christian era was the seat of the bishopric.

Early in the seventh century, like many places on this side of Jordan, it disappears from history.

The ruin, the debris, the desecration, the filth of the last quarter of a century force themselves upon our consciousness to a degree difficult to overcome, and it requires an effort, of which we were little conscious elsewhere, to realize its former dignity.

When Joshua was old and well stricken in years it must have been a little discouraging to him to learn that, besides other large tracts of country in this district, all the plain of Madaba, unto Dibon, remained to be possessed.

Mesha, king of Dibon, over six hours' ride to the south, mentions upon the famous Moabite Stone, 897 B.C., that it belonged to the Israelites in his period, the reign of Omri; but it afterwards passed into the possession of the Moabites, and still later into that of the Nabataeans, who came hither from the south of Arabia.

Madaba withstood Hyrcanus during a siege of six months about a century before Christ, and during the Christian era was the seat of the bishopric.

Early in the seventh century, like many places on this side of Jordan, it disappears from history.

The ruin, the debris, the desecration, the filth of the last quarter of a century force themselves upon our consciousness to a degree difficult to overcome, and it requires an effort, of which we were little conscious elsewhere, to realize its former dignity.

When Joshua was old and well stricken in years it must have been a little discouraging to him to learn that, besides other large tracts of country in this district, all the plain of Madaba unto Dibon remained to be possessed.

Mesha, king of Dibon, over six hours' ride to the south, mentions upon the famous Moabite Stone that it belonged to the Israelites in his period, the reign of Omri; but it afterwards passed into the possession of the Moabites, and still later into that of the Nabataeans, who came hither from the south of Arabia.

Madaba withstood Hyrcanus during a siege of six months about a century before Christ, and during the Christian era was the seat of the bishopric Early in the seventh century, like many places on this side of Jordan, it disappears from history.

Madaba must have been a town of some importance, although the space enclosed within its walls was barely a quarter of a mile square.

The ruin, the debris, the desecration, the filth of the last quarter of a century force themselves upon our consciousness to a degree difficult to overcome, and it requires an effort, of which we were little conscious elsewhere, to realize its former dignity.

When Joshua was old and well-stricken in years it must have been a little discouraging to him to learn that, besides other large tracts of country in this district, all the plain of Madaba unto Dibon remained to be possessed.

possessed.Mesha, king of Deban, over six hours' ride to the south, mentions upon the famous Moabite stone, 897 B.C., that it belonged to the Israelites in his period, the reign of Omri, but it afterwards passed into the possession of the Moabites, and still later into that of the Nabataeans, who came hither from the south of Arabia.

Madabas withstood Hyrcanus during a siege of six months about a century before Christ, and during the Christian era was the seat of the bishopric.

The ruin, the debris, the desecration, the filth of the last quarter of a century force themselves upon our consciousness to a degree difficult to overcome, and it requires an effort, of which we were little conscious elsewhere, to realize its former dignity.

When Joshua was old and well stricken in years it must have been a little discouraging to him to learn that, besides other large tracts of country in this district, all the plain of Madaba, unto Dibon, remained to be possessed.

Mesha, king of Dibon, over six hours' ride to the south, mentions upon the famous Moabite stone, 897 B.C., that it belonged to the Israelites in his period, the reign of Omri, but it afterwards passed into the possession of the Moabites, and still later into that of the Nabataeans, who came hither from the south of Arabia.

Madaba withstood Hyrcanus during a siege of six months about a century before Christ, and during the Christian era was the seat of the bishopric.

Early in the seventh century, like many places on this side of Jordan, it disappears from history.

They went up to the temple.

The people of Dibon went up to the high places to lament.

Because of what happened in Nebo and Medeba, Moab wails.

Every head is shaved bare.

They all wail.

Completely devastated, they moan about what has happened to the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth.

For the fields of Heshbon are dried up, as well as the vines of Dibon.

The rulers of the nations trample all over its vines, which reach Jazer and spread to the wilderness.

A prophecy against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night; Kir in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night.

Dibon goes up to its temple, to its high places to weep.

Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba.

Every head is shaved and every beard cut off.

The ruin, the debris, the desecration, the filth of the last quarter of a century force themselves upon our consciousness to a degree difficult to overcome, and it requires an effort, of which we were little conscious elsewhere, to realize its former dignity.

When Joshua was old and well stricken in years it must have been a little discouraging to him to learn that, besides other large tracts of country in this district, all the plain of Madaba unto Dibon remained to be possessed.

Mesha, king of Dibon, over six hours’ ride to the south, mentions upon the famous Moabite Stone that it belonged to the Israelites in his period, the reign of Omri; but it afterwards passed into the possession of the Moabites, and still later into that of the Nabataeans, who came hither from the south of Arabia.

Madaba withstood Hyrcanus during a siege of six months about a century before Christ, and during the Christian era was the seat of the bishopric.

Early in the seventh century, like many places on this side of Jordan, it disappears from history.