Ammon
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The Ammonite threat makes Jephthah the deliverer of Gilead.
Ammon pressed on Israel's eastern tribes from its fortress capital Rabbah. It fought Saul, David and the judges, and its court was the setting of the war in which Uriah died.
The nation of Lot's other descendants, north of Moab around the upper Jabbok, often at war with Israel.
- Ammon, the children of Ammon, Rabbah (its capital)
- Philadelphia (the Hellenistic name of Rabbah)
- Amman · Jordan
Rabbah sat on the upper Jabbok on the 's Highway; holding it meant holding the trade of the eastern plateau. Its water supply was the strategic prize, which is why Joab sent for David when the water district fell.
- Judges 11:4-11 The Ammonite threat makes Jephthah the deliverer of Gilead.
- Deuteronomy 2:19 Israel forbidden to take Ammon's land
- 2 Samuel 10:1-6 Ammon's insult to David's envoys begins the war
- 2 Samuel 12:26-31 Joab takes Rabbah, Ammon's royal city
- Nehemiah 4:7-8 Tobiah the Ammonite opposes the rebuilding of Jerusalem
What we know
Certain
- Scripture places Ammon east of Gilead, and its capital Rabbah at the site of modern Amman is widely accepted.