Rabbah (Rabbath-Ammon)

Sources and location confidence

Location confidence

Very High

Amman Citadel

31.9547, 35.9342

The name of Amman, Jordan's capital, derives from the ancient name, so there is no disagreement over the location.

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Related Bible passages

These are selected indexed references, not an exhaustive list of every mention in the Bible.

• Joshua 13:25

  And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;

• 2 Samuel 11:1

  And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.

• 1 Chronicles 20:1

  And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.

• Jeremiah 49:2

  Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.

• Ezekiel 25:5

  And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couchingplace for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

• Amos 1:14

  But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:

• Joshua 15:60

  Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages:

• 2 Samuel 12:26

  And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.