This document is about Rabbah (Ammon_Region). For other homonyms, please refer to the Rabbah document. It is a city of the Ammonites.
Deuteronomy 3:11This land we took in possession at that time: from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead with its cities, I gave to the Reubenites and to the Gadites;
Joshua 13:25and from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir;
다윗왕이 밧세바를 범할 때, 부하 장수들이 참가한 전쟁이 이 랍바를 공략하는 전쟁이었다.
2 Samuel 11:1At evening, David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look at.
2 Samuel 12:26Joab sent messengers to David, and said, “I have fought against Rabbah. Yes, I have taken the city of waters.2 Samuel 12:27Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it; lest I take the city, and it be called by my name.”2 Samuel 12:28David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.2 Samuel 12:29He took the crown of their king from off his head; and its weight was a talent of gold, and in it were precious stones; and it was set on David)’s head. He brought a great quantity of plunder out of the city.2 Samuel 12:30He brought out the people who were in it, and put them under saws, under iron picks, under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick kiln; and he did so to all the cities of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.2 Samuel 12:31He brought out the people who were in it, and put them under saws, under iron picks, under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick kiln; and he did so to all the cities of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
다윗이 압살롬의 반란으로 도망칠 때 이곳 출신 소비가 다윗에게 보급품을 지원해줬다.
2 Samuel 17:27brought beds, basins, earthen vessels, wheat, barley, meal, parched grain, beans, lentils, roasted grain,
많은 선지자들이 암몬에 대한 심판을 이야기할 때 대표적으로 이 랇바를 언급했다.
Ezekiel 21:20For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination. He shook the arrows back and forth. He consulted the teraphim. He looked in the liver.
Jeremiah 49:1Therefore behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the children of Ammon; and it will become a desolate heap, and her daughters will be burned with fire: then Israel will possess those who possessed him,” says Yahweh.Jeremiah 49:2“Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste! Cry, you daughters of Rabbah! Clothe yourself in sackcloth. Lament, and run back and forth among the fences; for Malcam will go into captivity, his priests and his princes together.Jeremiah 49:3Why do you boast in the valleys, your flowing valley, backsliding daughter? You trusted in her treasures, saying, ‘Who will come to me?’
Amos 1:13But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it will devour its palaces, with shouting in the day of battle, with a storm in the day of the whirlwind;Amos 1:14and their king will go into captivity, he and his princes together,” says Yahweh.Amos 1:15and their king will go into captivity, he and his princes together,” says Yahweh.