OLD TESTAMENT

Jeremiah 49:2

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Therefore behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “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 the LORD.

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Verse 2. Rabbath; called Amana, Astarte, and Philadelphia, by Stephanus.—Possess; returning first from captivity, and subduing the cities of Ammon, under Hyrcan. 1 Maccabees 5:6.

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