page_title: Dinhabah
hierarchical_section_title: Dinhabah
caption_attribution_description: English: Map showing Kingdoms of the Levant c 830. The Kingdoms: Phoenicia -Brown Aram Damascus - Aquamarine Amon - Orange Moab - Purple Edom - Yellow Philistia - Red Israel - Blue) Judah - Maroon The map shows the region in the 9th century BCE.
context_page_description: Dinhabah was an Edomite city mentioned in Genesis 36, the capital of King Bela ben Beor. The Hebrew name דִּנְהָבָה may mean "robbers' den". Dinhabah may have been located on the site of modern Dibdiba, a little northeast of Petra.
  The name is not uncommon among the Shemitic races. Ptolemy mentions a Danaba near Palmyra Syria which was later a bishop's see, and according to Zosimus there was a Danabe in Babylonia.
context_section_description: Dinhabah was an Edomite city mentioned in Genesis 36, the capital of King Bela ben Beor. The Hebrew name דִּנְהָבָה may mean "robbers' den". Dinhabah may have been located on the site of modern Dibdiba, a little northeast of Petra.
  The name is not uncommon among the Shemitic races. Ptolemy mentions a Danaba (Δανάβα) near Palmyra Syria which was later a bishop's see, and according to Zosimus there was a Danabe (Δανάβη) in Babylonia.
caption: Map of Edom.
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