MEDEBA
A town east of the Jordan in the tribe of Reuben, Joshua 13:9, Joshua 1:13. Near it the army of David gained a great victory, 1 Chronicles 19:7. Long afterwards, it fell again into the hands of the Moabites its ancient masters, Numbers 21:30; Isaiah 15:2. Its ruins, on rising ground a few miles southeast of Heshbon, still retain the old name.