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Ammon
31.9547°N, 35.9343°E · Photo: Berthold Werner (GFDL)
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Ammon
In Scripture (106 references)
Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 2:19 When you come near the border of the children of Ammon, don’t bother them, nor contend with them; fo... Deuteronomy 2:37 Only to the land of the children of Ammon you didn’t come near: all the banks of the river Jabbok, a... Deuteronomy 3:11 (For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. Behold, his bedstead was a bedst... Deuteronomy 3:16 To the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave from Gilead even to the valley of the Arnon, the middle ...
Joshua
Joshua 12:2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the ... Joshua 13:10 and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, to the border of the child... Joshua 13:25 Their border was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, to...
Judges
Judges 3:13 He gathered the children of Ammon and Amalek to himself; and he went and struck Israel, and they pos... Judges 10:6 The children of Israel again did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and served the Baals, the As... Judges 10:7 Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines and into the... Judges 10:9 The children of Ammon passed over the Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and ... Judges 10:11 Yahweh said to the children of Israel, “Didn’t I save you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites,... Judges 10:17 Then the children of Ammon were gathered together and encamped in Gilead. The children of Israel ass... Judges 10:18 The people, the princes of Gilead, said to one another, “Who is the man who will begin to fight agai... Judges 11:4 After a while, the children of Ammon made war against Israel. Judges 11:5 When the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah out of... Judges 11:6 They said to Jephthah, “Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.”
and 17 more in Judges
1 Samuel
1 Samuel 11:1 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh Gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said... 1 Samuel 12:12 “When you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, you said to me, ‘No, b... 1 Samuel 14:47 Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, ag...
2 Samuel
2 Samuel 8:12 of Syria, of Moab, of the children of Ammon, of the Philistines, of Amalek, and of the plunder of Ha... 2 Samuel 10:1 After this, the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place. 2 Samuel 10:2 David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me.” ... 2 Samuel 10:3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think that David honors y... 2 Samuel 10:6 When the children of Ammon saw that they had become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and ... 2 Samuel 10:8 The children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate. The Syrians... 2 Samuel 10:10 The rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and he put them in array a... 2 Samuel 10:11 He said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the children of Ammon... 2 Samuel 10:14 When the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians had fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, and ent... 2 Samuel 10:19 When all the kings who were servants to Hadadezer saw that they were defeated before Israel, they ma...
and 6 more in 2 Samuel
1 Kings
1 Kings 11:1 Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabi... 1 Kings 11:7 Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on the mountain that is before ... 1 Kings 11:33 because that they have forsaken me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemo...
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 11:39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armor bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, 1 Chronicles 18:11 King David also dedicated these to Yahweh, with the silver and the gold that he carried away from al... 1 Chronicles 19:1 After this, Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his place. 1 Chronicles 19:2 David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to ... 1 Chronicles 19:3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, “Do you think that David honors your father,... 1 Chronicles 19:6 When the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children... 1 Chronicles 19:7 So they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah with his people, w... 1 Chronicles 19:9 The children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the gate of the city; and the kings w... 1 Chronicles 19:11 The rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and they put themselves in... 1 Chronicles 19:12 He said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you are to help me; but if the children of Ammo...
and 4 more in 1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 12:13 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned; for Rehoboam was forty-one years old... 2 Chronicles 20:1 After this, the children of Moab, the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came a... 2 Chronicles 20:10 Now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade whe... 2 Chronicles 20:22 When they began to sing and to praise, Yahweh set ambushers against the children of Ammon, Moab, and... 2 Chronicles 20:23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill an... 2 Chronicles 27:5 He also fought with the king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against them. The children of A...
Jeremiah
Jeremiah 9:26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, the children of Ammon, Moab, and all who have the corners of their hair cut off,... Jeremiah 25:21 Edom, Moab, and the children of Ammon; Jeremiah 27:3 Then send them to the king of Edom, to the king of Moab, to the king of the children of Ammon, to th... Jeremiah 40:11 Likewise when all the Jews who were in Moab, and among the children of Ammon, and in Edom, and who w... Jeremiah 40:14 and said to him, “Do you know that Baalis the king of the children of Ammon has sent Ishmael the son... Jeremiah 41:10 Then Ishmael carried away captive all of the people who were left in Mizpah, even the king’s daughte... Jeremiah 41:15 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the children of Am... Jeremiah 49:1 Of the children of Ammon. Yahweh says: “Has Israel no sons? Has he no heir? Why then does Malcam pos... Jeremiah 49:2 Therefore behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard agains... Jeremiah 49:3 “Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste! Cry, you daughters of Rabbah! Clothe yourself in sackcloth. La...
and 2 more in Jeremiah
Ezekiel
Ezekiel 21:20 You shall appoint a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah in Je... Ezekiel 21:28 “You, son of man, prophesy, and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says this concerning the children of Ammon, an... Ezekiel 25:2 “Son of man, set your face toward the children of Ammon, and prophesy against them. Ezekiel 25:3 Tell the children of Ammon, ‘Hear the word of the Lord Yahweh! The Lord Yahweh says, “Because you sa... Ezekiel 25:5 I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the children of Ammon a resting place for flocks. Then y... Ezekiel 25:10 to the children of the east, to go against the children of Ammon; and I will give them for a possess...
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