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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See also the previous quotation from the Midrash Rabbah.
From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various
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
To the Messiah this passage is referred by the Chaldean Paraphrast, by the Commentary on Genesis known by the name Breshith Rabbah in the exposition of Genesis xli.
From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg
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
But it could not be Moses that said this, because Moses could know nothing about Rabbah, nor of what was in it.
From Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 4 (1794-1796): the Age of Reason by Moncure Daniel Conway
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