Midvash

Ammon

Ammon appears in 106 verses of the Bible, from Genesis to Zephaniah.

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Key passages

  • When the younger daughter gave birth to a son, she named him Ben-ammi. He became the ancestor of the nation now known as the Ammonites.

    Genesis 19:38 · Read the chapter

  • But the Israelites slaughtered them with their swords and occupied their land from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River. They went only as far as the Ammonite border because the boundary of the Ammonites was fortified.

    Numbers 21:24 · Read the chapter

  • and enter the land of the Ammonites, the descendants of Lot. But do not bother them or start a war with them. I have given the land of Ammon to them as their property, and I will not give you any of their land.’”

    Deuteronomy 2:19 · Read the chapter

  • King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, was defeated. His kingdom included Aroer, on the edge of the Arnon Gorge, and extended from the middle of the Arnon Gorge to the Jabbok River, which serves as a border for the Ammonites. This territory included the southern half of the territory of Gilead.

    Joshua 12:2 · Read the chapter

  • Eglon enlisted the Ammonites and Amalekites as allies, and then he went out and defeated Israel, taking possession of Jericho, the city of palms.

    Judges 3:13 · Read the chapter

  • About a month later, King Nahash of Ammon led his army against the Israelite town of Jabesh-gilead. But all the citizens of Jabesh asked for peace. “Make a treaty with us, and we will be your servants,” they pleaded.

    1 Samuel 11:1 · Read the chapter

Every verse (106)

Genesis
Gen 19:38
Numbers
Num 21:24
Nehemiah
Neh 13:23
Psalms
Psa 83:7

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