Rabbath Ammon

[ rab-uhth am-uhn ]

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Rabbath Ammon

/ ˈræbəθ ˈæmən /

Old Testament the ancient royal city of the Ammonites, on the site of modern Amman

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Aretas complied, but was overtaken with his army at Rabbath Ammon by the troops of Aristobulus and defeated.

The decisive battles of this campaign were fought near or in Rabbath-Ammon.

This courtesy only roused suspicion in Rabbath-Ammon, the capital of the Ammonites.

Their capital was Ham, a city not yet identified, unless it was (as some suppose) the place afterward known as Rabbath Ammon.

Its northern line began at Beth-jeshimoth, and extended northeasterly to near Rabbath Ammon.

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