A dictionary of the . h. DIBLATHAIM. See Almon- DIBLATHATM. DIBOFf (toasting), the name oftwo towns. 1. Dibon in Moab. Num. 21: 30 ; : 2. It was built by Gad, Num. 32 :34, and hence called Dibon-grad : wasassigned to Reuben, Josh. 13 : 9, 17;was also called Dimon. Isa. 15 : 9. Itafterward returned to Moab, Isa. 15 : 2;Jer. 48:18, 22; now called Dhttdn,about 12 miles east of the Dead Sea and3 miles north of the Amon. Its ruinsare extensive, covering the tops of twoadjacent hills. The famous Moabite Stone, bear-ing an inscription of Mesha, a kingof Moab, about 900 b. c, was foundh
A dictionary of the . h. DIBLATHAIM. See Almon- DIBLATHATM. DIBOFf (toasting), the name oftwo towns. 1. Dibon in Moab. Num. 21: 30 ; : 2. It was built by Gad, Num. 32 :34, and hence called Dibon-grad : wasassigned to Reuben, Josh. 13 : 9, 17;was also called Dimon. Isa. 15 : 9. Itafterward returned to Moab, Isa. 15 : 2;Jer. 48:18, 22; now called Dhttdn,about 12 miles east of the Dead Sea and3 miles north of the Amon. Its ruinsare extensive, covering the tops of twoadjacent hills. The famous Moabite Stone, bear-ing an inscription of Mesha, a kingof Moab, about 900 b. c, was foundhere within the gateway by Rev. F. (a German missionary at Jerusa-lem) in 1868. The stone is of black231 DIB DIB basalt, 3 feet 8£ inches high, 2 feet 3£inches wide, and 1 foot inchesthick. It has 34 lines of Hebrew-Phoe-nician writing, and contains a most re-markable corroboration of the Scripturehistory in 2 Kgs. 3. Translations haye 4*y?& t/fi. {yyy4i\*eyvjr •/$*.< ty-vy.)*r ^n^wrz-»4rny/*f *vif V w. The Moabite made by Dr. Ginsburg, M. Gan-neau, and Prof. Schlottmann. The lat-ters translation is as follows: I Mesa, son of Chamos-nadab, theking of Moab [son ofl Yabni. Myfather ruled over Moab [ . years],and I ruled after my father. And Imade this high place of sacrifice toChamos in Korcha, a high place ofdeliverance, for he saved me from all[who fought against Moab]. Omri, king of Israel, allied himselfwith all his (Moabs) haters, and theyoppressed Moab [many days] : thenChamos was irritated [against him andagainst] his land, and let it go over232 [into the hand of his haters], and they oppressed Moab very sore. In my days spoke Ch[amos], I will therefore look upon him and his house, and Israel shall perish in eternal ruin. And Omri took possession of the townof Medeba, and sat therein [and theyoppressed Moab, he and] his son, fortyyears. [Then] Chamos looked uponMoab in my days. And I built Baal Meon, and madetherein walls and mounds. And I we
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