Atlas Biblica

    place

    Ammah

    אַמָּה

    Ammah, a hill near Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.

    Where the story of Ammah happensWhere the gazetteer locates Ammah, framed to them: Ammah. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Ammah
    Where the gazetteer locates Ammah
    verses
    1
    first named
    2 Samuel 2:24
    last named
    2 Samuel 2:24
    feature
    hill
    coordinates
    31.84°N · 35.28°E
    hill31.84°N · 35.28°E

    east of Gibeon (OpenBible)

    Scholarship offers 2 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.

    Description

    Ammah in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Ammah is mentioned in 2Sa.2.24 as a hill located near Giah, on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon. The context is the pursuit of Abner, the commander of Saul's army, by Joab and Abishai, who were commanders in David's army. After a battle at Gibeon, Abner and his men fled, with Joab and Abishai in pursuit.

    The verse states that Joab and Abishai reached the hill of Ammah as the sun was setting. The exact location of Ammah is not specified, but it was likely situated in the region of Gibeon, a short distance northwest of Jerusalem. The hill of Ammah may have been a prominent landmark or a strategic vantage point in the area.

    Apart from this single mention in the narrative of the conflict between David's and Saul's forces, no other information about Ammah is provided in the Bible. Its inclusion in the text serves to provide a geographical reference point for the pursuit and to emphasize the distance covered by Joab and Abishai in their attempt to capture Abner.

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    Stands in the same events as

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — one, across 1 book.

    1. 2 Samuel1 verse

      2:24

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    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one.

    via HillAhaz’s incenseAhaz’s incense is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.

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