The Amorites
37 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
28 sections
- Acquired an Extensive Territory from Moab East of Jordan
- Ahab Followed the Abominations of
- Brought Into Bondage by Solomon
- Character of Idolatrous
- Character of Profane and Wicked
- Defeated by Chedorlaomer
- Deprived of Their Eastern Territory by Israel
- Descent From, Illustrative of Man's Natural State
- Descent of
- Doomed to Utter Destruction
- Forbearance of God Towards
- Governed by Many Independent Kings
- had Many and Strong Cities
- had Peace with Israel in the Days of Samuel
- Jacob Took a Portion From
- Joined Abraham Against the Kings
- Kings of, Degraded and Slain
- Kings of, Great and Powerful
- Land of, Given to Reubenites
- Manasseh Exceeded Abominations of
- Miraculous Overthrow of
- One of the Seven Nations of Canaan
- Originally Inhabited a Mountain District in the South
- Refused a Passage to Israel
- The Gibeonites a Tribe of, Deceived Israel Into a League
- The Israelites Unable to Expel, but Extracted Tribute From
- The Jews After the Captivity Condemned for Intermarrying With
- Western Kings of, Confederated Against Israel
Acquired an Extensive Territory from Moab East of Jordan
- Numbers 21:26 Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land as far as the Arnon.
- Numbers 21:30 But we have overthrown them; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. We demolished them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”
Ahab Followed the Abominations of
- 1 Kings 21:26 He committed the most detestable acts by going after idols, just like the Amorites whom the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.)
Brought Into Bondage by Solomon
- 1 Kings 9:20–21 As for all the people who remained of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (the people who were not Israelites) — …
Character of Idolatrous
- Joshua 24:15 But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are …
Character of Profane and Wicked
- Genesis 15:16 In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
Defeated by Chedorlaomer
- Genesis 14:7 Then they turned back to invade En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.
Deprived of Their Eastern Territory by Israel
- Numbers 21:24–35 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. …
Descent From, Illustrative of Man's Natural State
- Ezekiel 16:3 and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.
Descent of
- Genesis 10:15–16 And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites, …
- 1 Chronicles 1:13–14 And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites, …
Doomed to Utter Destruction
- Deuteronomy 20:17–18 For you must devote them to complete destruction— the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites— as the LORD your God has commanded you, …
Forbearance of God Towards
- Genesis 15:16 In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
Governed by Many Independent Kings
- Joshua 5:1 Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, their hearts melted and …
- Joshua 9:10 and all that He did to the two kings of the Amorites beyond the Jordan— Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth.
had Many and Strong Cities
- Numbers 32:17 But we will arm ourselves and be ready to go ahead of the Israelites until we have brought them into their place. Meanwhile, our little ones will remain in the fortified cities for protection from the inhabitants of the land.
- Numbers 32:33 So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan — the land including its cities and the territory …
had Peace with Israel in the Days of Samuel
- 1 Samuel 7:14 The cities from Ekron to Gath, which the Philistines had taken, were restored to Israel, who also delivered the surrounding territory from the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between the Israelites and the Amorites.
Jacob Took a Portion From
- Genesis 48:22 And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”
Joined Abraham Against the Kings
- Genesis 14:13 Then an escapee came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram.
- Genesis 14:24 I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share for the men who went with me— Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. They may take their portion.”
Kings of, Degraded and Slain
- Joshua 10:24–27 When they had brought the kings to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the army commanders who had accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So the commanders came forward and …
Kings of, Great and Powerful
- Psalm 136:18 and slaughtered mighty kings— His loving devotion endures forever.
- Psalm 136:20 and Og king of Bashan— His loving devotion endures forever.
Land of, Given to Reubenites
- Joshua 13:15–31 This is what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of Reuben: …
Manasseh Exceeded Abominations of
- 2 Kings 21:11 “Since Manasseh king of Judah has committed all these abominations, acting more wickedly than the Amorites who preceded him, and with his idols has caused Judah to sin,
Miraculous Overthrow of
- Joshua 10:11–14 As they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the Israelites. …
One of the Seven Nations of Canaan
- Genesis 15:21 Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”
- Exodus 3:8 I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey— the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, …
- Exodus 3:17 And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites— a land flowing with milk and honey.’
Originally Inhabited a Mountain District in the South
- Numbers 13:29 The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.”
- Deuteronomy 1:7 Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the foothills, in the Negev, and along the seacoast to the land of the Canaanites and to …
- Deuteronomy 1:20 I said: “You have reached the hill country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God is giving us.
- Judges 1:36 And the border of the Amorites extended from the Ascent of Akrabbim to Sela and beyond.
Refused a Passage to Israel
- Numbers 21:21–23 Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, …
- Deuteronomy 2:30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.
The Gibeonites a Tribe of, Deceived Israel Into a League
- 2 Samuel 21:2 At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had …
- Joshua 9:3–16 But the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai, …
The Israelites Unable to Expel, but Extracted Tribute From
- Judges 1:34–35 The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to come down into the plain. …
The Jews After the Captivity Condemned for Intermarrying With
- Ezra 9:1–2 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 …
Western Kings of, Confederated Against Israel
- Joshua 10:1–5 Now Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and devoted it to destruction — doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king — and that the people of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and …
Related topics
AmoritesTopography of CanaanHeshbon of the AmoritesGibeonitesAdoni-ZedekMagnanimity
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.