Rabbah

How Nave’s arranged it

• 1. Also called RABBATH
• A city east of the Jordan River, originally belonging to the AmmonitesJoshua 13:25
• Bedstead of the giant named Og, kept atDeuteronomy 3:11
• Captured by David2 Samuel 11:12 Samuel 12:26–311 Chronicles 20:1–3
• Possessed again by the Ammonites; prophesied againstJeremiah 49:2Jeremiah 49:3Ezekiel 21:20Ezekiel 25:5Amos 1:14
• 2. A city in the territory of the tribe of JudahJoshua 15:60

The passages, in Bible order (11)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 11 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Deuteronomy 3:11

   (For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)

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   “For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants,....

   “Giants - Or Rephaim: see the marginal reference note. A bedstead of iron - The “iron” was probably the black basalt of the country, which not only contains a large proportion, about 20 percent, of iron, but was actually called “iron,” and is still so regarded by the Arabians. Iron was indeed both known and used, principally for tools (see e. g. Deu 19:5 and compare Gen 4:22 note), at the date in question by the Semitic people of Palestine and the adjoining countries; but bronze was the ordinary metal of which weapons, articles of furniture, etc., were made.

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2. Joshua 13:25

   The territory of Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites as far as Aroer, near Rabbah;

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   “And their coast was Jazer,....

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3. Joshua 15:60

   Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah—two cities, along with their villages.

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   “Kirjathbaal, (which is Kirjathjearim,),.... Of Kirjathbaal, and its several names; see Gill on Jos 15:9, and Rabbah, of which we nowhere else read; for this is a very different city from the Rabbah of the children of Ammon, 2Sa 12:26, two cities with their villages; why these are reckoned by themselves is not certain.

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4. 2 Samuel 11:1

   In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and his servants with the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 11:12 voices

   “And it came to pass, that after the year was expired,....

   “After the year was expired - The next spring after the escape of the Ammonites into their city 2Sa 10:14. The children of Ammon - The marginal reference supplies the word “the land of,” which is obviously the right reading. David tarried at Jerusalem - The Syrians being subdued, the war with Ammon was not of sufficient moment to require David’s personal presence. The whole section relating to David’s adultery and Uriah’s death, from this verse to 2Sa 12:26, is omitted in the Book of Chronicles.

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5. 2 Samuel 12:26–31

   Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.

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   “And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon,....

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6. 1 Chronicles 20:1–3

   In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the Ammonites. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. And Joab attacked Rabbah and demolished it.

   ›Commentary on 1 Chronicles 20:1–31 voice

   “This chapter, containing such other warlike exploits belonging to David’s reign as the writer of Chronicles thinks it important to put on record, is to be compared with the passages of Samuel noted in the marginal references.

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7. Jeremiah 49:2

   Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites. It will become a heap of ruins, and its villages will be burned. Then Israel will drive out their dispossessors, says the LORD.

   ›Commentary on Jeremiah 49:22 voices

   “Rabbah - i. e., the “great city.” See 2Sa 12:27 note for a distinction between Rabbah, the citadel, and the town itself, lying below upon the Jabbok. Daughters - i. e., unwalled villages (and in Jer 49:3). Shall Israel be heir ... - i. e., “shall be victor over his victors;” compare Mic 1:15.

   “Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord,....

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8. Jeremiah 49:3

   Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.

   ›Commentary on Jeremiah 49:32 voices

   “Howl, O Heshbon,....

   “Ai - Not the town on the west of the Jordan Jos 7:2; a place not mentioned elsewhere. For Ai some read Ar. Hedges - Fields were not divided by hedges until recent times; the term probably means the walls which enclose the vineyards Num 22:24.

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9. Ezekiel 21:20

   Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites, and another against Judah into fortified Jerusalem.

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   “(Verse 18 and following) And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: And you, son of man, set before yourself two ways, and let the sword of the king of Babylon come. From one land they will both go out, and by hand he will take a decision: he will cast lots at the head of the city's road. You shall set a road, so that the sword may come to Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and to Judah, and to Jerusalem, the fortified.

   “Appoint a way,....

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10. Ezekiel 25:5

    I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and Ammon a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’

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    “Chapter 25: And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, set your face against the sons of Ammon, and prophesy against them. And you shall say to the sons of Ammon: Hear the word of the Lord God!

    “And I will make Rabbath a stable for camels,.... Creatures much used by the eastern nations, especially the Arabians; who pitching their tents about Rabbath, the royal city, the metropolis of the children of Ammon, would convert the houses, and even palaces in it, into stables for their camels. This city, in Jerom's time, as he says, was called Philadelphia, from Ptolemy Philadelphus, who rebuilt it.

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11. Amos 1:14

    So I will kindle a fire in the walls of Rabbah to consume its citadels amid war cries on the day of battle and a violent wind on the day of tempest.

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    “(Verse 14, 15) Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of the Ammonites, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have ripped open pregnant women in Gilead, that they might enlarge their border. So I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour her strongholds, with shouting on the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind; and their king shall go into exile, he and his princes together, says the Lord.

    “But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah,.... Which was the metropolis of the children of Ammon, and their royal city, 2Sa 12:

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