Beth Diblathaim (ISBE)

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beth -dib -la -thā´im ( בּית דּבלתים , bēth dibhlāthayim ; οῖκος Δεβλαιθαίμ , oı́kos Deblaithaı́m , literally, "house of Diblathaim"): A town in Moab mentioned with Dibon and Nebo (Jeremiah 48:22 ). It is probably identical with Almondiblathaim (Numbers 33:46 f). Mesha claims to have fortified it along with Mehedeba and Ba‛al -me‛on (see MOABITE STONE ). The place is not yet identified.