Diblath

<p>Diblath or Diblathayim is situated in the land of

Moab. It is mentioned Nu 33:46,

Almon-Diblathaim; and in Jer 48:22,

Beth-Diblathaim. It was a part of that horrible wilderness

mentioned by Moses, De 8:15, "wherein were fiery serpents, and

scorpions, and drought." The precise reason why it is mentioned

here is not very evident. Some think it is the same as Riblah,

where Nebuchadnezzar slew the princes of Israel, and put out

Zedekiah's eyes; the principal difference lying between the

daleth and the resh, which in MSS. is often scarcely

discernible; and hence vast multitudes of various readings. Five,

probably six, of Kennicott's MSS. have riblathah, as

likewise two of my oldest MSS.; though in the margin of one a

later hand directs the word to be read bedaleth, with daleth.

But all the Versions read the word with a D. This may appear a

matter of little importance, but we should take pains to recover

even one lost letter of the word of God.</p>