Rabbah
Americannoun
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the ancient Biblical capital of the Ammonite kingdom east of the Jordan River.
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a city in Judah, near Jerusalem.
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The same voice which called camels and flocks to the palaces of Rabbah, summoned a very different class of tenants for the palaces of Babylon.
From Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity by Robert Patterson
I quote from the twelfth chapter of the Second Book of Samuel: And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.
From God and my Neighbour by Robert Blatchford
When Joab had captured the city of Rabbah, he sent for King David to come and claim the honor of the achievement.
From Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses by Joseph Cross
I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters, πολιν των ‛υδατων in the Septuagint version.
From The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. by Euripides
And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
From God and my Neighbour by Robert Blatchford
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