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Milcom or Milkom (Ammonite: 𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤌 *Mīlkām; Hebrew: מִלְכֹּם Mīlkōm) was the name of either the national god, or a popular god, of the Ammonites. He is attested in the Hebrew Bible and in archaeological finds from the former territory of Ammon.
Baalis (Hebrew: בַּעֲלִיס, Ba‘ălīs; Ammonite: 𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤔𐤏, B‘LYŠ‘) is the name given in the Book of Jeremiah for the king of Ammon. He instigated the murder of Gedaliah, the Babylonian-appointed Jewish governor of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 25 is the twenty-fifth chapter of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet/priest Ezekiel, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. This chapter contains the oracles against four nations: Ammon, Moab, Edom, and Philistia. [1]
Ammon (/ ˈ æ m ən /; Ammonite: 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ʻAmān; Hebrew: עַמּוֹן ʻAmmōn; Arabic: عمّون, romanized: ʻAmmūn) was an ancient Semitic-speaking kingdom occupying the east of the Jordan River, between the torrent valleys of Arnon and Jabbok, in present-day Jordan.
Amnon (Hebrew: אַמְנוֹן ’Amnōn, "faithful") was, in the Hebrew Bible, the oldest son of King David and his second wife, Ahinoam of Jezreel. [1] He was born in Hebron during his father's reign in Judah. [2]
Biblical kingdoms of Ammon, Edom and Moab around 830 BCE. According to the Hebrew Bible, Ammon and Moab were nations that occupied parts of Transjordan in ancient times. According to Genesis, , Ammon and Moab were descendants of Lot by Lot's two daughters, in the aftermath of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. The Bible refers to both the ...
Nahash, king of Ammon, would by ancient standards have access to the knowledge of the gods - a diviner - and he also would have associations with a brazen, shining appearance when dressed as king. In his introduction in the story of 1 Samuel 11, an ancient reader may have thematically viewed Nahash through the lens of the deceptive serpent that ...
Jeremiah 49 is the forty-ninth chapter of the Book of Jeremiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains prophecies attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. This chapter is part of a series of "oracles against foreign nations", consisting of chapters 46 to 51. [1]