Lo-debar
Template:Short description Lo-debar (Template:LangxTemplate:Efn) 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 ghetto 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
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