After the destruction of , the daughters of Lot wanted to have a child and carried out a plot to intoxicate him and have intercourse, resulting in Ammon and his half brother, , being conceived and born | The Ammonites' language is believed to be in the , closely related to and |
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Biblical account [ ] The first mention of the Ammonites in the Bible is in Genesis 19:37-38 | "Wert thou not a god thou couldst not come out alive from the Holy of Holies" Ex R |
Ruth's kindness as noted in the Book of Ruth by Boaz is seen in the Jewish Tradition as in rare contradistinction to the peoples of Moab where Ruth comes from and Amon in general, who were noted by the Torah for their distinct lack of kindness.
24According to both Kings 14:21-31 and Chronicles 12:13, was an Ammonite | Shortly before the Israelite , the west of Jordan, under King , invaded and occupied |
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Their territory originally comprising all from the Jordan to the wilderness, and from the River Jabbok south to the River Arnon | The states that "Moab will assuredly be like Sodom, and the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah—Ground overgrown with weeds and full of salt mines, and a permanent desolation |
Ishmael and his ten companions were royally entertained at Gedaliah's table.
6" Baalis, king of the Ammonites, envious of the Jewish colony's prosperity, or jealous of the might of the Babylonian king, instigated , "of the royal seed," to make an end of the Judean rule in Palestine, Ishmael, being an unscrupulous character, permitted himself to become the tool of the Ammonite king in order to realize his own ambition to become the ruler of the deserted land | The story reflects actual conditions in pre-Talmudic times, conditions that led to the fixed rule stated in the Mishnah: "Ammonite and Moabite men are excluded from the Jewish community for all time; their women are admissible |
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A Corpus of Ammonite Inscriptions | During the Exodus, the Israelites were prohibited by the Ammonites from passing through their lands |
Information of this conspiracy reached through Johanan, son of Kareah, and Johanan undertook to slay Ishmael before he had had time to carry out his evil design; but the governor disbelieved the report, and forbade Johanan to lay hands upon the conspirator.
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