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them (see the opposite cut), were made for sale, and were disposed of in such quantities as to afford profitable work for many hands. Acts 19 : 24, 25. See Demetrius.

In this temple there was "the image

Diana of Ephesus. (From Lewin's "St. Paul.") (This figure was taken from an alabaster image in the museum of Naples, but it is in great measure ideal. A more accurate representation is on the coin, following.)

which fell down from Jupiter," a rude wooden image having a head decorated with a mural crown ; '' each hand held a bar of metal, and the lower part ended in a rude block cgv^red with figures of

Temple of Diana. (i-Vowi a Coin in the Pem broke Collection.)

animals and mystic inscriptions." Later figures had many breasts, evidently symbolical of the reproductive powers of Nature, and therefore it was a sort of companion-idol to Ashtoreth. No bloody sacrifices were offered in her worship. Her temple in Ephesus was the treasury in which immense quanti ties of wealth were stored up, and was also a place of safety. It was beloved with singular passion, and hence the insinuation that Paul's preaching tend ed to lower the regard for it led to the uproar so graphically described in Acts 19. See Ephesus, Paul.

DIB'LAIM {double cake), one whose daughter the prophet Hosea married. Hos. 1:3.

DIB'LATH. Eze. 6 : 14. It has been identified with the modern ruin Bibl. See Riblah.

DIBLATHA'IM. See Almon

DIBLATHAIM.

DI'BON (wasting), the name of two towns.

1. Dibon in Moab. Num. 21 : 30 ; 15 : 2. It was built by Gad, Num. 34, and hence called Dibon-gad : assigned to Reuben, Josh. 13 : 9 was also called Dimon. Isa. 15 : 9 afterward returned to Moab, Isa. 15 : -: Jer. 48 : 18, 22 ; now called Dlnhau, about 12 miles east of the Dead Sea and 3 miles north of the Amon. Its ruins are extensive, covering the tops of two adjacent hills.

The famous Moabite Stone, bear ing an inscription of Mesha, a king of" Moab, about 900 b. c, was found here within the gateway by Rev. F. A. Klein (a German missionary at Jerusa lem) in 1868. The stone is of black ' 231

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