Summary

Meidva is a city in the territory of Moav.

Currently identified with the village of Madeba, south of Rabbat Ammon (Y. Aharoni).

  • When King Sihon of the Amorites went to war against Bnei Yisrael, Bnei Yisrael conquered Meidva from him (Numbers 21, 30).
  • During the reign of King David, a battle raged between Israel and the Ammonites (along with their hired mercenary troops from Aram) at the entrance to Meidva (I Chronicles 19, 7).
  • In the days of Yeshayahu Meidva was a Moabite city (Isaiah 15, 2).

 

 

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