East of the Jordan (Jordan) · Old Testament · 105 verses
Ammon was the land of the Ammonites east of the Jordan, north of Moab, in modern Jordan. Its people, like Moab, descended from Lot. The name appears in Genesis, Numbers, Deuteronomy and 17 more in the King James text.
About Ammon
Ammon was the land of the Ammonites east of the Jordan, north of Moab, in modern Jordan. Its people, like Moab, descended from Lot.
Its place in the story
The Ammonites frequently warred against Israel, and their chief city was Rabbah. Their national god was Molech, whose worship the prophets condemned. Nahash and other Ammonite kings appear in the accounts of Saul, David, and later rulers.
Ammon in Scripture (KJV)
“And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.”
“And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.”
“And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.”
“Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.”
“For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.”
“And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;”
“Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;”
Ammon is named 105 times in Scripture; 8 shown above.
Where it leads
Ammon's long conflict with Israel is part of the surrounding nations' story that God overruled while preserving the people from whom Christ would come.
Ammon was the land of the Ammonites east of the Jordan, north of Moab, in modern Jordan. Its people, like Moab, descended from Lot. The name appears in Genesis, Numbers, Deuteronomy and 17 more in the King James text.
What happened at Ammon?
The Ammonites frequently warred against Israel, and their chief city was Rabbah. Their national god was Molech, whose worship the prophets condemned. Nahash and other Ammonite kings appear in the accounts of Saul, David, and later rulers.