The Ammonites are a group consisting of people originating from Abraham’s family. Aside from that, they are also known as the troublemakers to the Israelites based on the Old Testament. The Ammonites as a people are found on the Biblical Timeline beginning around 1500 BC.
Ammonites were a diverse group of individuals who lived in the Dead Sea’s far north eastern part. During the Biblical era, the Ammonites’ government was known as the Ammonites Kingdom. The said kingdom simply settled in the central part of Rabbah which was a city-state situated by the Jabbok River’s headwaters. Nowadays, Rabbah is located in Jordanian city; Amman.
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Ruins of an Ammonite tower in Rujm Al-Malfouf in AmmanRise of the Ammonites and the Moabites
According to the bible, the beginning of the Ammonite people goes a long way back to incestuous events that occurred between Lot together with his two daughters for Gomorrah and Sodom’s destruction. Eventually, the two daughters bore children whom were the ancestors of the strong unions; Ammonites and Moabites. The truth about Lot is that he had four daughters. Two were said to have been killed in Sodom. However, the Bible indicates that one of them actually lived and got married to the Horite Chief; Seir. A shocking revelation about the two unmarried daughters is that they actually had sexual affairs with their own father which led them to pregnancy.
Months later, the first daughter gave birth to a boy named Moab who is believed to be the father all Moabites. On the other hand, the other daughter who was younger gave birth to a boy as well which she named Ben-Ammi, the father of all Ammonites who is actually in the 1900 BC Biblical Timeline. Due to this fact, the Ammonites and the Moabites are actually the children of Lot.
Ammonites against the Israelites
One of the biggest similarities of the Moabites and the Ammonites is that they are against the Israelites. During the time of the Exodus, Israelites were highly forbidden by Ammonites on going through the territories of Ammon. According to a book called the Book of Judges, Ammonites were in great company of Eglon who is known as the king of all Moabites fighting against Israel. Attacks committed by Ammonites against the Israelite communities located in the eastern part of Jordan were actually the reason behind the alliance of tribes that were under Saul.
Biblical Mentions of the Ammonites
- Ammonites, they are Lot’s Sons and the Ammon Descendants. (Genesis 19:38)
- From their rise to their fall, the Ammonites were strongly bonded with the Moabites tribe. (Judges 5:2)
- The Ammonites is the “Predatory Tribe” who moved from a place to another time after time unlike the Moabites tribe which was highly settled. (Deuteronomy 2:20 ; Genesis 14:5 ).
- Due to their hostility towards the Israelites, the Ammonites were given fearful judgments by the prophets. (Zephaniah 2:8 ; Jeremiah 49:1-6 ; Ezekiel 25:1-5 Ezekiel 25:10 ; Amos 1:13-15 )
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HI, my name jeff; I would like to know were the ammonites the that scarifies their children by burning them ?
The national idol worshipped by this people was Molech or Milcom, at whose altar they offered human sacrifices (1 Kings 11:5, 7). 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).
According to the NET Bible Study Tool: https://netbible.org and Dr. Constable’s notes
In Samuel 1 or 2 or Kings 1 or 2 a warrior is hired by the Israelites to defeat the Ammonite Army. The warrior jebethat (or something similar) makes a deal with God. If Gods will let him defeat the three armies or tribes he will sacrifice the first person that comes out to greet him on his return home. Unfortunately for (Jeb?) that person is his young daughter. She ask for two months to grieve and that is granted. She is sacrificed when she and her girlfriends return.
I have since discovered the story is from Judges ll 11 29-39 and the warriors name is Jebhthah.
Who are the modern day Ammonites?
Where are the Moabites and the Ammonites today? Are they the ones that are in high positions causing all these bad things happening today and wanting to kill us off?
Well considering the queen of England can only be an inbred family blood line, what do you suppose? I wonder if this has any relation? It would make much sense why many British related people inwardly are hostile to outsiders. It’s their blood.
Sick family huh?