Jeremiah 48:18

Daughter that dost inhabit Dibon. That is, the inhabitants of Dibon. Compare the expressions “daughter of Egypt” (ch. 46:11), “daughter of Judah” (Lam. 1:15), “daughter of Zion” (Lam. 2:10). Dibon, the modern Dhiban, was an important city in the southern part of the territory formerly occupied by Reuben, 3 1/4 mi. (5.2 km.) north of the Amon and 12 mi. (19.2 km.) east of the Dead Sea. It lay on the great Derek ham-melek, or King’s Highway (the “high way” of Deut. 2:27), which in ancient times was the main thoroughfare running north and south through Transjordan. Dibon was a campsite of the Israelites on their way into Canaan (see Num. 33:45, 46), was later rebuilt by the tribe of Gad (Num. 32:34), and was afterward included in the territories of Reuben. On the Moabite Stone, Mesha records that Dibon was among those cities he took from Israel and added to the kingdom of Moab (see Additional Note on 2 Kings 3).