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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Ammah

A hill east of Gibeon. Joab and Abishai reached it at sunset chasing Abner after the fight at the pool of Gibeon, and there Abner called out to Joab and the two agreed a truce.

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A hill east of Gibeon. Joab and Abishai reached it at sunset chasing Abner after the fight at the pool of Gibeon, and there Abner called out to Joab and the two agreed a truce.

Who this is

Ammah was not a person but a hill east of Gibeon that Joab and Abishai reached at sunset while pursuing Abner's forces after the skirmish at the pool of Gibeon (2 Sam. 2:24). It was there that Abner called out to Joab and the two commanders agreed to a truce.

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H522

Where it appears
  • 2 Samuel 2:24

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