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
And David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
From Biblical Extracts Or, The Holy Scriptures Analyzed; Showing its Contradictions, Absurdities, and Immoralities by Robert Cooper
In the centre is the siege of Rabbah; another well-draped group represents David receiving Uriah's homage.
From Fra Bartolommeo by Flora Kendrick
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
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
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