The Ammonites
48 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
44 sections
- Aided the Chaldeans Against Judah
- Assisted Eglon Against Israel
- Called The: Children of Ammon
- Called The: Children of Lot
- Character of Cruel and Covetous
- Character of Fond of Ornaments
- Character of Idolatrous
- Character of Proud and Reproachful
- Character of Superstitious
- Character of Vindictive
- Chief Cities of Ai
- Chief Cities of Rabbah
- Confederated Against Jehoshaphat
- Country of: Belonged to the Zamzummims
- Country of: Bordered on the Amorites
- Country of: Half of, Given to the Gadites
- Country of: Was Fertile
- Country of: Well Fortified
- Defeated by Jotham
- Descent of
- Governed by Hereditary Kings
- Hired the Syrians Against David
- Ill-Treated David's Ambassadors
- Jephthah Raised up to Deliver Israel From
- Jewish Laws Respecting: No Covenant to Made With
- Jewish Laws Respecting: Not to be Distressed
- Jewish Laws Respecting: Perpetual Exclusion from the Congregation
- Miraculous Defeat of
- One of David's Mighty Men Was of
- Predictions Respecting: Destructions for Hatred to Israel
- Predictions Respecting: Punishment for Oppressive Cruelty
- Predictions Respecting: Restoration
- Predictions Respecting: Subjection to Babylon
- Predictions Respecting: Subjection to the Jews
- Proposed a Disgraceful Treaty to Jabesh-Gilead
- Saul's Victories Over
- Seized Upon the Possessions of Gad
- Solomon Intermarried With, and Introduced Idols of Into
- Spoil of, Consecrated to God
- Submitted to Uzziah
- The Jews Reprobated for Intermarrying With
- The Royal Treasure of, Taken
- Vexed the Jews After Captivity
- Victories of Joab Over
Aided the Chaldeans Against Judah
- 2 Kings 24:2 And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets.
Assisted Eglon Against Israel
- Judges 3:12–13 Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD. …
Called The: Children of Ammon
- Jeremiah 25:21 Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;
Called The: Children of Lot
- Deuteronomy 2:19 But when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites. I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”
Character of Cruel and Covetous
- Amos 1:13 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.
Character of Fond of Ornaments
- 2 Chronicles 20:25 Then Jehoshaphat and his people went to carry off the plunder, and they found on the bodies an abundance of goods and valuables — more than they could carry away. They were gathering the plunder for three days because there was so much.
Character of Idolatrous
- Judges 10:6 And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.
- 1 Kings 11:7 At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites.
- 1 Kings 11:33 For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My …
- 2 Kings 23:13 The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the …
Character of Proud and Reproachful
- Zephaniah 2:10 This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts.
Character of Superstitious
- Jeremiah 27:3 Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
- Jeremiah 27:9 But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcerers who declare, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’
Character of Vindictive
- Ezekiel 25:3 Tell the Ammonites to hear the word of the Lord GOD, for this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you exclaimed, “Aha!” when My sanctuary was profaned, when the land of Israel was laid waste, and when the house of Judah went into exile,
- Ezekiel 25:6 For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you clapped your hands and stomped your feet and rejoiced over the land of Israel with a heart full of contempt,
Chief Cities of Ai
- Jeremiah 49:3 Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.
Chief Cities of Rabbah
- 2 Samuel 12:26–27 Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress. …
- Jeremiah 49:3 Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.
Confederated Against Jehoshaphat
- 2 Chronicles 20:1 After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.
- Psalm 83:7 of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.
Country of: Belonged to the Zamzummims
- Deuteronomy 2:20–21 (That too was regarded as the land of the Rephaim, who used to live there, though the Ammonites called them Zamzummites. …
Country of: Bordered on the Amorites
- Numbers 21:24 And Israel put him to the sword and took possession of his land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok — but only up to the border of the Ammonites, because it was fortified.
Country of: Half of, Given to the Gadites
- Joshua 13:25 The territory of Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites as far as Aroer, near Rabbah;
Country of: Was Fertile
- Jeremiah 49:4 Why do you boast of your valleys— your valleys so fruitful, O faithless daughter? You trust in your riches and say, ‘Who can come against me?’
Country of: Well Fortified
- Numbers 21:24 And Israel put him to the sword and took possession of his land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok — but only up to the border of the Ammonites, because it was fortified.
Defeated by Jotham
- 2 Chronicles 27:5 Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them, and that year they gave him a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. They paid him the same in the second and …
Descent of
- Genesis 19:38 The younger daughter also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites of today.
Governed by Hereditary Kings
- 2 Samuel 10:1 Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son Hanun.
Hired the Syrians Against David
- 2 Samuel 10:6 When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah and twelve thousand men from Tob.
Ill-Treated David's Ambassadors
- 2 Samuel 10:1–4 Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son Hanun. …
Jephthah Raised up to Deliver Israel From
- Judges 10:15–18 “We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!” …
- Judges 11:4–33 Some time later, when the Ammonites fought against Israel …
Jewish Laws Respecting: No Covenant to Made With
- Deuteronomy 23:6 You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.
Jewish Laws Respecting: Not to be Distressed
- Deuteronomy 2:19 But when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites. I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”
- 2 Chronicles 20:10 And now, here are the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt. So Israel turned away from them and did not destroy them.
Jewish Laws Respecting: Perpetual Exclusion from the Congregation
- Deuteronomy 23:3 No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.
- Nehemiah 13:1 At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,
Miraculous Defeat of
- 2 Chronicles 20:5–24 Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem in the house of the LORD in front of the new courtyard …
One of David's Mighty Men Was of
- 2 Samuel 23:37 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah,
Predictions Respecting: Destructions for Hatred to Israel
- Ezekiel 25:2–10 “Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites and prophesy against them. …
- Zephaniah 2:8–9 “I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders. …
Predictions Respecting: Punishment for Oppressive Cruelty
- Jeremiah 49:1–5 Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Is he without heir? Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad? Why have his people settled in their cities? …
- Amos 1:13–15 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory. …
Predictions Respecting: Restoration
- Jeremiah 49:6 Yet afterward I will restore the Ammonites from captivity,” declares the LORD.
Predictions Respecting: Subjection to Babylon
- Jeremiah 25:9–21 behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding …
- Jeremiah 27:3 Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
- Jeremiah 27:6 So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have even made the beasts of the field subject to him.
Predictions Respecting: Subjection to the Jews
- Isaiah 11:14 They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them.
Proposed a Disgraceful Treaty to Jabesh-Gilead
- 1 Samuel 11:1–3 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.” …
Saul's Victories Over
- 1 Samuel 11:11 The next day Saul organized the troops into three divisions, and during the morning watch they invaded the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them, until the hottest part of the day. And the survivors were so scattered that no …
- 1 Samuel 14:47 After Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side — the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.
Seized Upon the Possessions of Gad
- Jeremiah 49:1 Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Is he without heir? Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad? Why have his people settled in their cities?
Solomon Intermarried With, and Introduced Idols of Into
- 1 Kings 11:1–5 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh — women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. …
Spoil of, Consecrated to God
- 2 Samuel 8:11–12 and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had dedicated from all the nations he had subdued— …
Submitted to Uzziah
- 2 Chronicles 26:8 The Ammonites brought tribute to Uzziah, and his fame spread as far as the border of Egypt, for he had become exceedingly powerful.
The Jews Reprobated for Intermarrying With
- Ezra 9:1–3 After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like …
- Nehemiah 13:23–28 In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. …
The Royal Treasure of, Taken
- 2 Samuel 12:30 Then he took the crown from the head of their king. It weighed a talent of gold and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city.
Vexed the Jews After Captivity
- Nehemiah 4:3 Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, said, “If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!”
- Nehemiah 4:7–8 When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious, …
Victories of Joab Over
- 2 Samuel 10:7–14 On hearing this, David sent Joab and the entire army of mighty men. …
- 2 Samuel 12:26–29 Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress. …
Related topics
AmmonitesJephthahDiplomacy of Jephthah, with the King of Moab, UnsuccessfulAmbassadors
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.