Lo-debar
Template:Short description Lo-debar (Template:Langx[a]) was a town in the Old Testament in Gilead not far from Mahanaim, north of the Jabbok river (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".)[1] in ancient Israel. It is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the home of Machir, a contemporary of David. (2 Samuel 9:4,5).
Lo-debar was also considered a slum town in biblical times. Mephibosheth, son of Jonathan was living in Lo-debar at the house of Machir, son of Ammiel, who was possibly a brother to David's wife Bathsheba (see 1 Chronicles 3 verse 5). King David showed loving kindness to Jonathan's son Mephibosheth by bringing him from Lo-debar and having him eat at the King's table regularly. (2 Samuel 9:1-13).
It is usually believed to be the same as Debir in the Tribe of Gad.(Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".) The word means "no pasture,"(Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".) "no word" or "no communication".
Possible locations are:
- Tel Dover (Khirbet ed-Duweir) in the mouth of Yarmouk River.[2] Established as an Iron Age fortified settlement.[3]
- Khirbet Umm ed-Dabar, Jordan Valley.[4]
References
- ^ Public Domain Script error: No such module "template wrapper".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Arav, Rami (2008-01-01). Cities Through the Looking Glass: Essays on the History and Archaeology of Biblical Urbanism. Eisenbrauns. p. 89. ISBN 9781575061429.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ma'oz, Zvi Uri (1997). "Golan". The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East. p. 420. ISBN 0195112156.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Freedman, David Noel; Allen C. Myers (2000-12-31). "Debir (place)". Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible. Amsterdam University Press. p. 331. ISBN 9789053565032.
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- ^ The לא spelling is found in 2Sam 17:28, while לו is used in 2Sam 9:4-5. According to some, the לא spelling is also found in Amos 6:13. לִדְבִר is found in Josh 13:26.
