Who Were the Ammonites, Moabites and Edomites in the Bible?
2024年6月20日 · The Ammonites’ primary deity was the god Milcom. Depictions of Milcom have been uncovered through archaeological excavations—as have representations of Ammonite kings, such as the monumental statue uncovered at Rabbah in 2010.
Power Set in Stone - Biblical Archaeology Society
2024年1月17日 · The kingdom of the biblical Ammonites is mentioned a handful of times in the Hebrew Bible. Possibly the most memorable instance is in 2 Samuel 11, when King David sends Joab and his army to besiege Rabbath-Ammon, their capital city, while he stays in Jerusalem and meets Bathsheba.
First Person: Human Sacrifice to an Ammonite God?
2024年2月15日 · Jeremiah rages against those who offer up their sons and daughters to Molech in Jerusalem’s Ben-Hinnom Valley (Jeremiah 32:35; see also Leviticus 18:21). Finally, Solomon built a shrine near Jerusalem “for Molech, the abomination of the Ammonites” (1 Kings 11:7).
BAF Lecture: Ammonites v. Israelites - Biblical Archaeology Society
2014年11月26日 · Ammonites Threaten War. For 18 years oppression by the Ammonites continued. This was permitted by God because the Israelites had unfaithfully turned to serving the gods of the nations round about. But now the sons of Israel were brought to their senses, repenting of their folly and calling on Jehovah for help.
Who Were the Amorites? - Biblical Archaeology Society
2023年6月21日 · “Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth are of the land of the Canaanites; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.’” (Ezekiel 16: 2–3 ESV)
ammonites in the bible Archives - Biblical Archaeology Society
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Biblical Archaeology Review, Winter 2023
2023年11月1日 · In “Hard Power,” learn about the impressive stone statues of the biblical Ammonites and why this small Iron Age kingdom developed such a monumental artistic style. And in “ Warrior Women ,” study a new mosaic from the Huqoq synagogue that depicts the prophet Deborah’s victory over the Canaanites.
biblical Ammonites Archives - Biblical Archaeology Society
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What Happened to the Canaanites? - Biblical Archaeology Society
2024年6月4日 · This suggests that people from the highly differentiated urban culture on the Levant coast and inland people with different modes of subsistence were nevertheless genetically similar, supporting previous reports that the different cultural groups who inhabited the Levant during the Bronze Age, such as the Ammonites, Moabites, Israelites, and ...
The Edomite Stronghold of Sela - Biblical Archaeology Society
2024年1月30日 · In one of the Old Testament’s colder and more brutal episodes, King Amaziah of Judah (c. 801–783 B.C.E.), after having slain nearly 10,000 Edomites in battle near the southern end of the Dead Sea, is said to have thrown another 10,000 captives from the top of nearby Sela, where they were “dashed to pieces” (2 Chronicles 25:12; 2 Kings 14:7).