siege of Rabbah

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The siege of Rabbah was a biblical military campaign in which King David’s forces besieged the Ammonite capital of Rabbah, a setting notably associated with the story of Uriah the Hittite.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical event ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
siege ⓘ
aftermath Ammonites were put to forced labor according to the biblical account ⓘ
David took the Ammonite crown ⓘ
associatedFigure Bathsheba ⓘ
Joab ⓘ
King David ⓘ
Uriah the Hittite ⓘ
biblicalBookChapter 1 Chronicles 20 ⓘ
linked to: 1 Chronicles

2 Samuel 11 ⓘ
2 Samuel 12 ⓘ
combatant Ammonite defenders of Rabbah ⓘ
forces of King David ⓘ
commandedBy Joab ⓘ
conflictBetween Ammonites ⓘ
Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
connectedEvent David’s confrontation by the prophet Nathan ⓘ
David’s sending of Uriah to the front lines ⓘ
culturalContext Iron Age Levant ⓘ
describedIn First Book of Chronicles ⓘ
linked to: 1 Chronicles

Second Book of Samuel ⓘ
linked to: 2 Samuel
genreOfSources historical narrative ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew
location Rabbah ⓘ
capital of the Ammonites ⓘ
modernLocationApproximation vicinity of modern Amman, Jordan ⓘ
narrativeRole background for David’s adultery with Bathsheba ⓘ
setting for the arranged death of Uriah the Hittite ⓘ
partOf Davidic wars against the Ammonites ⓘ
primarySourceType Hebrew Bible account ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
result Israelite victory ⓘ
capture of Rabbah ⓘ
defeat of the Ammonites ⓘ
scripturalStatus part of the Deuteronomistic history ⓘ
strategicImportance capture of the Ammonite capital ⓘ
theme royal warfare ⓘ
sin and judgment in the David narrative ⓘ
timePeriod reign of King David ⓘ
underAuthorityOf King David ⓘ

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Uriah the Hittite → battleFront → siege of Rabbah ⓘ