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Ezekiel 21:20

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Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites, and another against Judah into fortified Jerusalem.

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Amos 1:14rank 5

So I will kindle a fire in the walls of Rabbah to consume its citadels amid war cries on the day of battle and a violent wind on the day of tempest.

Jeremiah 49:2rank 5

Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites. It will become a heap of ruins, and its villages will be burned. Then Israel will drive out their dispossessors, says the LORD.

Deuteronomy 3:11rank 4

(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)

Ezekiel 25:5rank 4

I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and Ammon a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’

II Samuel 12:26rank 2

Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.

Lamentations 4:12rank 2

The kings of the earth did not believe, nor any people of the world, that an enemy or a foe could enter the gates of Jerusalem.

II Chronicles 26:9rank 2

Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the angle in the wall, and he fortified them.

II Samuel 5:9rank 2

So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terraces inward.

II Chronicles 33:14rank 2

After this, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and he brought it around the hill of Ophel and heightened it considerably. He also stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.

II Chronicles 32:5rank 2

Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an abundance of weapons and shields.

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