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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70496" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70496" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Medeba]] (''mĕd'e-bah'' ), ''waters of quiet.'' [[A]] city of Moab, first mentioned with Heshbon and Dibon. Numbers 21:30. It was afterward taken by the [[Israelites]] and allotted to the tribe of Reuben, Joshua 13:16; held by the [[Ammonites]] during the reign of David, 1 Chronicles 19:7-15, it later again reverted to Moab. Isaiah 15:2. After the return from the captivity it was alternately in the possession of the [[Jews]] and of the Gentiles. </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16685" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16685" /> == |