![]() Their country came into the possession of Jeroboam, on the division of the kingdom, and when the Syrians of Damascus deprived the kingdom of Israel of their possessions east of the Jordan, the Ammonites became subjects of Benhadad, and we find a contingent of 1,000 of them serving as allies of that king in the great battle of the Syrians with the Assyrians at Qarqar (854 BC) in the reign of Shalmaneser II. They seem to have been completely subdued by David and their capital was taken, and we find a better spirit manifested afterward, for Nahash of Rabbah showed kindness to him when a fugitive ( 2 Samuel 17:27-29). This may account for the cruel treatment meted out to them in the war that followed ( 2 Samuel 12:26-31). They were defeated, but their hostility did not cease, and their conduct toward the Israelites was particularly shameful, as in the days of Saul ( 1 Samuel 11) and of David ( 2 Samuel 10). In the days of Jephthah they oppressed the Israelites east of the Jordan, claiming that the latter had deprived them of their territory when they came from Egypt, whereas it was the possessions of the Amorites they took ( Judges 11:1-28). Thus, Israel helped Ammonites by destroying their old enemies, and this makes their conduct at a later period the more reprehensible. They were pressed on the north by the Hittites who forced them upon the tribes of the south, and some of them settled east of the Jordan. We know from the records of Egypt, especially Tell el-Amarna Letters, the approximate date of the Amorite invasion (14th and 13th centuries, BC). Their dwelling-place was on the east of the Dead Sea and the Jordan, between the Arnon and the Jabbok, but, before the advance of the Hebrews, they had been dispossessed of a portion of their land by the Amorites, who founded, along the east side of the Jordan and the Dead Sea, the kingdom of Sihon ( Numbers 21:21-31). Hence we find that the Israelites are commanded to avoid conflict with them on their march to the Promised Land ( Deuteronomy 2:19). This is reflected in the name usually employed in Old Testament to designate them, Ben `Ammi, Bene `Ammon, "son of my people," "children of my people," i.e. The Hebrew tradition makes this tribe descendants of Lot and hence related to the Israelites ( Genesis 19:38). ![]() The high places built for this idol by Solomon, at the" "instigation of his Ammonitish wives, were not destroyed till the" time of Josiah (2 Kings 23:13).Encyclopedias - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ammon Ammonites ![]() 25:1-5, 10 Amos 1:13-15)." "The national idol worshipped by this people was Molech or "Milcom, at whose altar they offered human sacrifices (1 Kings" "11:5, 7). "The prophets predicted fearful judgments against the Ammonites because of their hostility to Israel (Zeph. She was the mother of Rehoboam (1 Kings" 14:31 2 Chr. One of Solomon's wives was" "Naamah, an Ammonite. The" subsequent events of their history are noted in 2 Chr. 10:6-14), and took their chief" "city, Rabbah, with much spoil (2 Sam. David also defeated them and "their allies the Syrians (2 Sam. They were again signally" defeated by Saul (1 Sam. Jephthah "waged war against them, and "took twenty cities with a very" "great slaughter" (Judg. 23:3)." They afterwards became hostile to Israel (Judg. They showed no "kindness to the Israelites when passing through their territory," "and therefore they were prohibited from "entering the" "congregation of the Lord to the tenth generation" (Deut. They were of Semitic origin, and closely" related to the Hebrews in blood and language. 19:38), Ammi or Ammon being worshipped as" "their chief god. They inhabited the country east of the Jordan and north "of Moab and the Dead Sea, from which they had expelled the" Zamzummims or Zuzims (Deut. The Ammonites were probably more of a predatory tribe," "moving from place to place, while the Moabites were more" settled. Both of these tribes hired Balaam to curse Israel (Deut. 5:2), this tribe is closely" associated with the Moabites (Judg. 2:16-20) of their history "till they are lost sight of (Judg. "The usual name of the descendants of Ammon, the son of Lot (Gen." 19:38).
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