Bible Location
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Lo-debar was a town in Gilead associated with Machir and with Mephibosheth's years of obscurity. It is important because it becomes part of David's story of covenant kindness to Saul's house. First appears in 2 Sam 9:4.1
Coordinates
32.66, 35.78
First appears
2 Sam 9:4
AI summary: Lo-debar matters less for military or economic power than for its role in the story of forgotten loyalty. It is the place from which Mephibosheth is brought into David's presence and restored to a place at the royal table, turning an obscure town into part of a narrative of mercy and covenant remembrance. The cross references present Lo-debar as a Gileadite town of obscurity transformed by royal kindness.1
Latitude
32.66
Longitude
35.78
Bible references
3
No pasture, (2 Sam. 17:27), a town in Gilead not far from Mahanaim, north of the Jabbok (9:4, 5). It is probably identical with Debir (Josh. 13:26). 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.