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  1. blog.israelbiblicalstudies.com › holy-land-studiesHow Did Places In The Bible Get Their Names?

    Jan 4, 2017 · Rabbath-Ammon (רבת-עמון), or simply Rabbah, the capital city of the Ammonite kingdom, means “the capital of Ammon”. Over time, the name was shortened to Ammon, from which the present name in Arabic (Amman) derives. Today it is the capital and largest city of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

  2. amazingbibletimeline.com › blog › ammonAmmon - Amazing Bible Timeline with World History

    Ammon became the ancestor of the Ammonites. He is on the Biblical Timeline around 1900 BC. Just like the Moabites, Ammonites were usually in conflict with the Israelites. The Bible relates an incident when the Ammonites refused to let the Israelites pass through their land.

  3. hermeneutics.stackexchange.com › questions › 92767Why are the names of the 12 apostles and 12 tribes written ...

    Mar 2, 2024 · The book of Revelation is written symbolically and the image in Rev 21:12-14 is no exception. The OP asks specifically about two of these symbols: The Names of the 12 apostles on the foundation stone of the New Jerusalem

  4. christianity.stackexchange.com › questions › 69347history - How did scripture get the name bible ...

    Apr 2, 2019 · A man came to my home and said that scriptures got the name bible from a prostitution city called Byblos near Tyre. He said that Byblos means "city of bastards" and it was deceptively put on the bible by some as mockery because Mary was with child without a human husband.

  5. www.biblicalarchaeology.org › wp-content › uploadsExploring Jordan: The Other Biblical Land

    Our immersion in the history of Amman continues with “Philadelphia of the Decapolis,” by Alastair Northedge, which examines the city’s history in the period just before, during and after the New Testament era.

  6. www.biblegateway.com › blog › 2016The Cities That Built the Bible: Guest Post by Robert Cargill

    Mar 14, 2016 · Phoenicia, the birthplace of Western writing, gave us the alphabet that allowed written documents like the Bible to be written down. The early capital of Phoenicia holds claim to being the first city responsible for building the “Bible,” since it is where the Bible derives its name: Byblos.

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  8. thebiblesleuth.com › ammon-on-the-hillAmmon on the Hill - The Bible Sleuth

    Nov 5, 2020 · Rabbath Ammon, known today as the Amman Citadel, sat on an elevated hill above today’s Amman, Jordan. It is from this ancient city that the capital of Jordan gets its name, Amman. The hill forms an L-shape, with the bottom portion of the L running east to west on the southern edge.

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