Ammonites

Trans-Jordan ancient tribe

The Ammonites were an ancient Semitic people who inhabited the region east of the Jordan River, frequently mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as rivals of the Israelites.

Their capital was Rabbah, now Amman, Jordan.

The Ammonites worshipped the god Molech. (Lowercase ammonites refers to fossil mollusks.)

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Biblical Sodom survivor

Jordan · ancient · tribal · Semitic · Transjordan · genealogy · Israelites

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Opposites
Biblical Enemies vs. Allies of Israel

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Ancient Hebrew people

Children of Israel · Hebrews · Jews · chosen people · people of God

Extinct vs. Extant Cephalopod Forms

Ammonitesnautiluses

Cephalopods with spiral shells

Nautilus · chambered nautilus · squid · octopuses · cuttlefish

biblical kinship groups

AmmonitesMoabites

Ancient Semitic tribe

Midianites · Philistines · Canaanites

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