Dinhabah was an Edomite city mentioned in Genesis 36, the capital of King Bela ben Beor. The Hebrew name דִּנְהָבָה may mean "robbers' den".דִּנְהָבָה at bible lexicon.The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia. Dinhabah may have been located on the site of modern Dibdiba, a little northeast of Petra.Smith's list in Robinson's Researches, 3, App. page 114.Henry George Tomkins "Dinhabah." Palestine Exploration Quarterly Volume 23, Issue 4 (1 October 1891), pp. 322-323.
PtolemyPtolemy 5:15, 24. mentions a Danaba (Δανάβα) near Palmyra Syria which was later a bishop's see, and according to ZosimusZosimus (3:27) there was a Danabe (Δανάβη) in Babylonia.
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