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Bookmark or Share- Ancient Israel’s Neighbors—The Transjordanian Kingdoms of Ammon, Moab ...When the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah came to rule over the former lands of Canaan, their neighbors east of the Jordan River were the Ammonites, Moabites, and Edomites. The Hebrew Bible offers a wealth of information on the Iron Age kingdoms of Ammon, Moab, and Edom.
- Ammon, Ammonites | Encyclopedia.comAMMON, AMMONITES, ancient people. The Ammonites are one of the many tribes that emerged from the Syrio-Arabian desert during the second millennium b.c.e. and eventually established a national kingdom in Transjordan.
- Who Were the Ammonites, Moabites and Edomites in the Bible?When the kingdoms of Israel and Judah controlled the land of Canaan, the kingdoms of Ammon, Moab and Edom ruled east of the Jordan. Although the Bible offers information about these three Iron Age kingdoms, recent archaeological discoveries are bringing to light a fuller picture of them.
- What Ever Happened to the Ammonites? - The BAS LibraryEven today, the name of the capital of Jordan, Amman, is derived from the Ammonite name. The Biblical view of the Ammonites is amply reflected in their putative ancestry. According to Genesis 19:30–38, the Ammonites were descended from an incestuous union between Lot and his younger daughter.
- Ammon, Moab and Edom: Gods and Kingdoms East of the JordanBy Joel S. Burnett. Although we have no Ammonite, Moabite or Edomite Bible, a growing wealth of archaeological and epigraphic evidence from Jordan substantiates the existence of these Iron Age kingdoms closest to Israel and Judah, just as presented in the Hebrew Bible.
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