Places of the Bible
Rabbah
Where the name appears
Events told in passages that name Rabbah, and how many of their verses do. That is not the same as saying they happened here: a place can be named as a landmark, as somewhere being travelled to, or as the subject of a prophecy.
A dot is a moment; a bar is something that lasted, drawn to its length. The fainter the mark, the fewer verses name the place.
- Dividing the land · 1444 BC · 1 verse
- Reign of David · 1054 BC · 5 verses
- Prophecies of Amos · 787 BC · 1 verse
- Prophecies of Jeremiah · 627 BC · 2 verses
- Prophecies of Ezekiel · 592 BC · 2 verses
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
“Rabbath of the children of Ammon,” the chief city of the Ammonites, among the eastern hills, some 20 miles east of the Jordan, on the southern of the two streams which united with the Jabbok. Here the bedstead of Og was preserved (Deut. 3:11), perhaps as a trophy of some victory gained by the Ammonites over the king of Bashan. After David had subdued all their allies in a great war, he sent Joab with a strong force to take their city. For two years it held out against its assailants. It was while his army was engaged in this protracted siege that David was guilty of that deed of shame which left a blot on his character and cast a gloom over the rest of his life. At length, having taken the “royal city” (or the “city of waters,” 2 Sam. 12:27, i.e., the lower city on the river, as distinguished from the citadel), Joab sent for David to direct the final assault (11:1; 12:26-31). The city was given up to plunder, and the people were ruthlessly put to death, and “thus did he with all the cities of the children of Ammon.” The destruction of Rabbath was the last of David’s conquests. His kingdom now reached its farthest limits (2 Sam. 8:1-15; 1 Chr. 18:1-15). The capture of this city is referred to by Amos (1:14), Jeremiah (49:2, 3), and Ezekiel (21:20; 25:5).
From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.
Named in 14 verses
- Deuteronomy
- 3:11
- Joshua
- 13:25, 15:60
- 2 Samuel
- 11:1, 12:26, 12:27, 12:29, 17:27
- 1 Chronicles
- 20:1
- Jeremiah
- 49:2, 49:3
- Ezekiel
- 21:20, 25:5
- Amos
- 1:14
The place, its people and its events come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.