Tag: Ammon
Ammon (Hebrew: עַמּוֹן, Modern Ammon Tiberian ʻAmmôn ; “People”; Arabic: عمّون, Transliteration: ʻAmmūn), also referred to as the Ammonites and children of Ammon, was an ancient nation described in the Old Testament to be located east of the Jordan River, Gilead, and the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan. The chief city of the country was Rabbah or Rabbath Ammon, site of the modern city of Amman, Jordan’s capital. Milcom and Molech (who may be one and the same) are named in the Bible as the gods of Ammon.
According to the biblical account, Ammon and Moab were born to Lot and Lot’s younger and elder daughters, respectively, in the aftermath of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. The Bible refers to both the Ammonites and Moabites as the “children of Lot”.Genesis 19:37-38 The Hebrew tradition makes this tribe related to the Israelites. This is reflected in the name usually employed in the Old Testament to designate them, Ben `Ammi, Bene `Ammon, “son of my people,” “children of my…
