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| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
| Medeba |
(m d´ b , m ´–) (KEY) , town, Jordan, the modern Madaba, E of the Dead Sea. An ancient Moabite town, it changed hands between Moab and Israel several times. In early Christian times it was a bishop’s see. One of the oldest maps of Palestine (probably 6th cent.) was found there in a mosaic in a Byzantine church. Medeba is mentioned several times in the Bible. |
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