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.

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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)

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Jephthah foughtAgainst Ammonites
Jephthah victoryOver Ammonites
Rabbath Ammon country Ammonites
this entity surface form: Ammonite kingdom
Rabbath Ammon capitalOf Ammonites
this entity surface form: Ammonite kingdom