Bible Dictionary
Ammah
Ammah was a hill near Gibeon where Joab and Abishai stopped at nightfall while pursuing Abner. Its exact location has not been identified.
Definition
Ammah was a hill in Benjamin’s territory near Gibeon. Joab and Abishai reached it at nightfall while pursuing Abner and his forces after the battle of Gibeon. It lay before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
Biblical Usage
Ammah marks the stopping point in Joab and Abishai’s pursuit of Abner. Its mention helps locate the military movement following the battle at Gibeon.
Historical Background
The exact location of the hill has not been identified. The supplied material distinguishes it from the expression “Metheg-ammah,” which is rendered “mother city” in the Revised Version.
Scripture References
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
A cubit, the name of a hill which Joab and Abishai reached as the sun went down, when they were in pursuit of Abner (2 Sam. 2:24). It lay to the east of Gibeon.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(head), The hill of, A hill facing Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon, named as the point to which Joab pursued Abner (2 Samuel 2:24)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>am'-a ('ammah, "mother" or "beginning"): A hill in the territory of Benjamin (2Sa 2:24), where Joab and Abishai halted at nightfall in their pursuit of Abner and his forces after their victory over him in the battle of Gibeon. It "lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon"; but the exact location has not been identified. The same Hebrew word appears as the second part of Metheg-ammah in 2Sa 8:1 the King James Version, but rendered "mother city" in the Revised Version (British and American), probably however not the same place as in 2Sa 2:24.</p>