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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Campaign followed upon campaign; the City of Waters, Rabbah, the "capital" of Ammon, was closely invested, and the Aramaic allies of Hanun were put to flight.
From Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
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
Rabbah was not a city belonging to this giant king, nor was it one of the cities that Moses took.
From Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 4 (1794-1796): the Age of Reason by Moncure Daniel Conway
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
Rav Chasda, moreover, had sixty weddings in his family during his lifetime, whereas Rabbah had sixty serious illnesses in his during the short period of his life.
From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various
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