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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He also identifies the Breshith Rabbah quoted with the Midrash Rabbah de Rabbah.
From The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study by William Heaford Daubney
In the centre is the siege of Rabbah; another well-draped group represents David receiving Uriah's homage.
From Fra Bartolommeo by Flora Kendrick
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
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
See also the previous quotation from the Midrash Rabbah.
From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various
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