* Joab.
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* Rabbah.
Rabbah, or Rabbath-Ammon, also called Philadelphia, from
Ptolemy Philadelphus, king of Egypt, was situated east of
Jordan, and, according to Eusebius, ten miles east from Jazer.
It is sometimes mentioned as belonging to Arabia, sometimes to
Coelo-Syria; and was one of the cities of the Decapolis east
of Jordan. Josephus extends the region of Perea as far as
Philadelphia. It is now, says Burckhardt, called Amman,
distant about 19; miles to the S. E. by E. of Szalt, and lies
along the banks of a river called Moiet Amman, which has its
source in a pond, at a few hundred paces from the
south-western end of the town, and empties itself in the
Zerka, or Jabbok, about four hours to the northward. This
river runs in a valley bordered on both sides by barren hills
of flint, which advance on the south side close to the edge of
the stream. The edifices which still remain, though in a
decaying state, from being built of a calcareous stone of
moderate hardness, sufficiently attest the former greatness
and splendour of this metropolis of the children of Ammon.
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