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rabbah

rabbah


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Rabbah 
  or  Rab'bath,  great.  (1.)  "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). 
 
  (2.)  A  city  in  the  hill  country  of  Judah  (Josh.  15:60), 
  possibly  the  ruin  Rubba,  six  miles  north-east  of  Beit-Jibrin. 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Rabbah,  great;  powerful;  contentious