In Genesis 36, Dinhabah was an Edomite city, the capital of King Bela ben Beor. In the chronology of Edomite kings in Genesis 36 Bela ben Beor is the first of the apparently elective kings The name may mean "robbers' den". Dinhabah may have been located on the site of modern Dibdiba, a little northeast of Petra. Petra (from "petra" rock in Greek; Arabic: البتراء Al-Batrāʾ) is an archaeological site in the Arabah