# עַמּוֹן (amon)

Israeli respelling: amon. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H5983. 98 Old Testament occurrences.

Ammon, a son of Lot; also his posterity and their country

King James renderings: Ammon, Ammonites.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/amon-h5983

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 19:38](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/19/38) — And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
- [Numbers 21:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/21/24) — And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the bo…
- [Deuteronomy 2:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/2/19) — And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land…
- [Deuteronomy 2:37](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/2/37) — Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains,…
- [Deuteronomy 3:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/3/11) — For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the chil…
- [Deuteronomy 3:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/3/16) — And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the riv…
- [Joshua 12:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/12/2) — Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of t…
- [Joshua 13:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/13/10) — And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;
- [Joshua 13:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/13/25) — And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;
- [Judges 3:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/3/13) — And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
- [Judges 10:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/10/6) — And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods o…
- [Judges 10:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/10/7) — And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of…
- [Judges 10:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/10/9) — Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so t…
- [Judges 10:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/10/11) — And the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon,…
- [Judges 10:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/10/17) — Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and en…
- [Judges 10:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/10/18) — And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall b…
- [Judges 11:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/11/4) — And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
- [Judges 11:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/11/5) — And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
- [Judges 11:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/11/6) — And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
- [Judges 11:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/11/8) — And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the childr…
- [Judges 11:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/11/9) — And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them be…
- [Judges 11:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/11/12) — And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to…
- [Judges 11:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/11/13) — And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of…
- [Judges 11:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/11/14) — And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:
- [Judges 11:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/11/15) — And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:
- [Judges 11:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/11/27) — Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the child…
- [Judges 11:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/11/28) — Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
- [Judges 11:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/11/29) — Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh…
- [Judges 11:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/11/30) — And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
- [Judges 11:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/11/31) — Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shal…
- [Judges 11:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/11/32) — So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands.
- [Judges 11:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/11/33) — And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great sl…
- [Judges 11:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/11/36) — And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy m…
- [Judges 12:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/12/1) — And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight agai…
- [Judges 12:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/12/2) — And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not ou…
- [Judges 12:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/12/3) — And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered t…
- [1 Samuel 11:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/11/11) — And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, an…
- [1 Samuel 12:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/12/12) — And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when…
- [1 Samuel 14:47](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/14/47) — So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, an…
- [2 Samuel 8:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/8/12) — Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, ki…
- [2 Samuel 10:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/10/1) — And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.
- [2 Samuel 10:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/10/2) — Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by…
- [2 Samuel 10:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/10/3) — And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent com…
- [2 Samuel 10:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/10/6) — And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syr…
- [2 Samuel 10:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/10/8) — And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and…
- [2 Samuel 10:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/10/10) — And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon.
- [2 Samuel 10:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/10/11) — And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will…
- [2 Samuel 10:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/10/14) — And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab retur…
- [2 Samuel 10:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/10/19) — And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served th…
- [2 Samuel 11:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/11/1) — And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him…
- [2 Samuel 12:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/12/9) — Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and h…
- [2 Samuel 12:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/12/26) — And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
- [2 Samuel 12:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/12/31) — And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made the…
- [2 Samuel 17:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/17/27) — And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son o…
- [1 Kings 11:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/11/7) — Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomin…
- [1 Kings 11:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/11/33) — Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom…
- [2 Kings 23:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/23/13) — And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel h…
- [2 Kings 24:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/24/2) — And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammo…
- [1 Chronicles 18:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/18/11) — Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab…
- [1 Chronicles 19:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/19/1) — Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.
- [1 Chronicles 19:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/19/2) — And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to c…
- [1 Chronicles 19:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/19/3) — But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto…
- [1 Chronicles 19:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/19/6) — And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents o…
- [1 Chronicles 19:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/19/7) — So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the childre…
- [1 Chronicles 19:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/19/9) — And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by themselve…
- [1 Chronicles 19:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/19/11) — And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammo…
- [1 Chronicles 19:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/19/12) — And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will…
- [1 Chronicles 19:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/19/15) — And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Th…
- [1 Chronicles 19:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/19/19) — And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants:…
- [1 Chronicles 20:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/20/1) — And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wa…
- [1 Chronicles 20:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/20/3) — And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with al…
- [2 Chronicles 20:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/20/1) — It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came again…
- [2 Chronicles 20:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/20/10) — And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of…
- [2 Chronicles 20:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/20/22) — And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come ag…
- [2 Chronicles 20:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/20/23) — For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made…
- [2 Chronicles 27:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/27/5) — He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred tale…
- [Psalms 83:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/83/7) — Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
- [Isaiah 11:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/11/14) — But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their…
- [Jeremiah 9:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/9/26) — Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for…
- [Jeremiah 25:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/25/21) — Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,
- [Jeremiah 27:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/27/3) — And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of…
- [Jeremiah 40:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/40/11) — Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king…
- [Jeremiah 40:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/40/14) — And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But…
- [Jeremiah 41:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/41/10) — Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king’s daughters, and all the people that rem…
- [Jeremiah 41:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/41/15) — But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites.
- [Jeremiah 49:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/49/1) — Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people d…
- [Jeremiah 49:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/49/2) — Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be…
- [Jeremiah 49:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/49/6) — And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the LORD.
- [Ezekiel 21:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/21/20) — Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.
- [Ezekiel 21:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/21/28) — And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The…
- [Ezekiel 25:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/25/2) — Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them;
- [Ezekiel 25:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/25/3) — And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it…
- [Ezekiel 25:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/25/5) — And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couching place for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
- [Ezekiel 25:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/25/10) — Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites, and will give them in possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations.
- [Daniel 11:41](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/11/41) — He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and…
- [Amos 1:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/1/13) — Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because…
- [Zephaniah 2:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zephaniah/2/8) — I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themse…
- [Zephaniah 2:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zephaniah/2/9) — Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even…