Ammonites
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The Ammonites were an ancient Semitic people living east of the Jordan River, frequently appearing in the Hebrew Bible as adversaries of the Israelites.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ammonite kingdom | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Semitic people
ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ |
| ancestorAccordingToBible | Ben-Ammi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| archaeologicalCulture | Kingdom of Ammon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion | Transjordan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| biblicalEthnonym | Ammon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| biblicalMoralRole | example of foreign nation opposed to Israel’s God ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Kingdom of Israel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Moab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital |
Rabbah
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rabbath Ammon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
King David
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
King Saul NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conqueredBy | Neo-Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| deity |
Milcom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Molech NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupStatus | extinct as distinct people ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Semitic ⓘ |
| ethnonymLanguage | Hebrew ⓘ |
| flourishedDuring | 1st millennium BCE ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Northwest Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterControlledBy |
Achaemenid Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedEastOf | Jordan River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Judges
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Books of Chronicles NERFINISHED ⓘ Books of Kings NERFINISHED ⓘ Books of Samuel NERFINISHED ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
prophetic books of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ |
| modernCountryTerritory | Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernLocationCorrespondsTo | Amman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighborOf | Israelites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originAccordingToBible | descendants of Ben-Ammi GENERATED ⓘ |
| politicalOrganization | kingdom ⓘ |
| region | Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedPeople |
Israelites
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Moabites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religionType | West Semitic polytheism ⓘ |
| roleInHebrewBible | adversaries of the Israelites ⓘ |
| scriptureTradition | Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Iron Age Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfGovernment | monarchy ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Ammonite script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystemFamily | Phoenician alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ammonite kingdom
this entity surface form:
Ammonite kingdom