ammon
Rabbah
Also: Rabbath-Ammon · Philadelphia (Hellenistic)
Capital of the Ammonites; besieged by Joab while David lay with Bathsheba. Subject of prophetic oracles.
- Modern equivalent
- Amman (Jordan)
- Coordinates
- 31.9540°, 35.9106°
Scripture references
- Deuteronomy 3:11
- 2 Samuel 11:1
- 2 Samuel 12:26-31
- Jeremiah 49:2-3
- Ezekiel 21:20
- Ezekiel 25:5
- Amos 1:14