Rabbah of the Ammonites

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ancient city royal capital

Rabbah of the Ammonites was the principal city and royal capital of the ancient Ammonite kingdom, located east of the Jordan River in the region of modern-day Amman, Jordan.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Rabbah	2

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city ⓘ royal capital ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Rabbah NERFINISHED ⓘ Rabbath Ammon NERFINISHED ⓘ Rabbath of the Ammonites NERFINISHED ⓘ
archaeologicalSiteAt	Citadel Hill of Amman NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithPeople	Ammonites NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalOf	Kingdom of Ammon NERFINISHED ⓘ
conqueredBy	King David NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Ammon NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalContext	West Semitic ⓘ
era	Iron Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
function	military stronghold ⓘ political center ⓘ royal residence ⓘ
geographicalFeatureNearby	Jabbok River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTypeOfGovernment	monarchy ⓘ
languageOfInhabitants	Ammonite language NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedEastOf	Jordan River NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ Transjordan NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Amman NERFINISHED ⓘ Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	highland plateau east of the Jordan Valley ⓘ
mentionedIn	2 Samuel NERFINISHED ⓘ Deuteronomy NERFINISHED ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible
modernName	Amman NERFINISHED ⓘ
neighboringPolity	Kingdom of Edom NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Moab NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Iron Age Levantine city-states ⓘ
principalCityOf	Kingdom of Ammon NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	ancient Near East ⓘ
regionToday	Greater Amman area NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionOfInhabitants	Ammonite religion ⓘ
roleInBiblicalNarrative	place of Uriah the Hittite’s death ⓘ site of David’s siege against the Ammonites ⓘ
servedAs	administrative center of Ammon ⓘ economic hub of Ammon ⓘ
strategicImportance	controlled routes between the desert and the Jordan Valley ⓘ controlled trade routes in Transjordan ⓘ
successorSettlement	Hellenistic Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Og king of Bashan → bedLocation → Rabbah of the Ammonites ⓘ

subject surface form: Og, king of Bashan

Ammon → capital → Rabbah of the Ammonites ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rabbah

Kingdom of Ammon → capital → Rabbah of the Ammonites ⓘ

Joab → captured → Rabbah of the Ammonites ⓘ

Uriah the Hittite → deathPlace → Rabbah of the Ammonites ⓘ

Rabbath Ammon → hasAlternativeName → Rabbah of the Ammonites ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rabbah