Rabbah — Bible place

“Rabbath of the children of Ammon,” the chief city of the Ammonites, among the eastern hills, some 20 miles east of the Jordan, on the southern of the two streams which united with the Jabbok. Here the bedstead of Og was preserved (Deut. 3:11), perhaps as a trophy of some victory gained by the Ammonites over the king of Bashan. After David had subdued all their allies in a great war, he sent Joab with a strong force to take their city. For two years it held out against its assailants. It was while his army was engaged in this protracted siege that David was guilty of that deed of shame which left a blot on his character and cast a gloom over the rest of his life. At length, having taken the “royal city” (or the “city of waters,” 2 Sam. 12:27, i.e., the lower city on the river, as distinguished from the citadel), Joab sent for David to direct the final assault (11:1; 12:26-31). The city was given up to plunder, and the people were ruthlessly put to death, and “thus did he with all the cities of the children of Ammon.” The destruction of Rabbath was the last of David’s conquests. His kingdom now reached its farthest limits (2 Sam. 8:1-15; 1 Chr. 18:1-15). The capture of this city is referred to by Amos (1:14), Jeremiah (49:2, 3), and Ezekiel (21:20; 25:5).

Recorded scripture occurrences (14)

References recorded in the source data; this is not an exhaustive list of mentions.

Show passage in OET: DEU 3:11

OET-RV DEU 3:11

11 (Bashan’s King Og was the last king who was a descendant of the Refaim. His bed (in Rabah in the Amoni region) was made out of iron and was four metres long and two metres wide.)

OET-LV DEU 3:11

11 If/because only ˊŌg the _king _of (the)_Bāshān he _survived from_the _remnant _of the _Rəfāʼīm THERE sarcophagus _of_his was_a _sarcophagus _of iron not is_it in_Rabāh of _the _people _of of _ˊAmmōn was_nine cubits length _of_its and_four cubits breadth _of_its by_a _cubit _of a _human.

Show passage in OET: JOS 13:25

OET-RV JOS 13:25

25 It included Yazer and all the cities of Gilead and half of the land where the Amonim had lived as far as Aroer opposite Rabah,

OET-LV JOS 13:25

25 And_he/it _was to/for_them the_territory Yaˊzēr/(Jazer) and_all the _cities _of (the)_Gilˊād and _(the)_half _of the _land _of the _people _of ˊAmmōn to ˊArōˊēr which is_on the _face _of Rabāh.

Show passage in OET: JOS 15:60

OET-RV JOS 15:60

60 Also Kiryat -Ba’al (also called Kiryat -Yearim) and Rabah—two cities as well as their villages.

OET-LV JOS 15:60

60 Qiryat Baˊal that is_Qiryat Yəˊārīm/(Jearim) and_(the)_Rabāh cities two and_villages _of_their.

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