The Ammonites appear on this site as Lot's descendants, as the people of Milcom and Molech, and as the enemy in the stories of Jephthah, Saul and David.
On The origins of two great nations through Ishmael and Isaac, both blessed by the divine I read Lot's rescue from Sodom as the start of new lineages, and the Moabites and Ammonites, later rivals of Israel, as part of the same shared human story.
When Lot departed out of Zoar, there went with him two tribes, and there were born of the house of Lot, offspring to the two tribes who accompanied him, and these became the nations in after years known as Moabites and Ammonites, who were of the Foneceans, as their names show, and they followed the doctrines of Zarathustra.
“Sons of …” in the Old and New Testament lists "sons of Ammon", benei Ammon in Hebrew, as the biblical name for the Ammonites, with about 30 appearances.
Before the Ammonites, their land belonged to giants.
Rephaites notes that the Moabites called the Rephaim "Emim" and the Ammonites called them "Zamzummim".
Zuzites mentions the view that the Zuzim of Genesis 14 are the same people as the Zamzummim, a tribe of the Rephaim in the region the Ammonites later occupied.
The chief god of the Ammonites was Milcom.
In the video The Laws for Humans, Mauro Biglino argues that a group of Elohim gave Moabites, Ammonites, Amalekites, Edomites and Israelites their own rules.
Goliath points out that Saul's first battle was against Nahash, a name that means "serpent" in Hebrew, king of the Ammonites.
For every page I tagged with Ammonites, see the Ammonites tag archive.
Jephthah led Israel against the Ammonites, made his vow to the LORD, and judged Israel six years (Judges 10:6 to 12:7).
Sons of Ammon (בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן, benei Ammon) are the Ammonites, with 104 cases.
For the god of the Ammonites, see Who Was Moloch?.
After he escapes Sodom, Lot becomes the father of the Moabites and Ammonites through his daughters (Genesis 19:30–38).
Lot and his daughters mark the start of the Moabites and Ammonites.
Later the Moabites and Ammonites appear as rivals of the Israelites.
When Lot departed out of Zoar, there went with him two tribes, and there were born of the house of Lot, offspring to the two tribes who accompanied him, and these became the nations in after years known as Moabites and Ammonites, who were of the Foneceans, as their names show, and they followed the doctrines of Zarathustra.
Milcom (Molech): The chief deity of the Ammonites was Milcom, sometimes known as Molech.
Moabites, Ammonites: Descendants of Lot, living east of the Jordan River in the time of the Israelites.
See Moabites and Ammonites.
Biglino notes that this aligns with the general view he has been presenting for years: that a group of Elohim gave various populations—Moabites, Ammonites, Amalekites, Edomites, and Israelites—a series of rules and regulations, which also included practical teachings such as metallurgy.
Description: Molech was a deity associated with child sacrifice, particularly in the Ammonite religion.
Description: Milcom was another name for Molech, worshipped by the Ammonites.
For example, the Ammonite god Milcom and the Phoenician god Baal share certain similarities in terms of worship practices and attributes.
The Ammonite link is real in the tradition; the exact name overlap with Milcom is debated.
Associations I keep careful: Canaanite and Phoenician milieu around Israel; Ammonite attachment via 1 Kings 11; condemned practice in Judah centered on Hinnom and Topheth.
Israel’s first king, Saul, fought a serpent in his first battle against Nahash (Hebrew “serpent”), king of the Ammonites, and here David faced his own serpent.
The Zamzummim were another tribe of the Rephaim who later lived in the region eventually occupied by the Ammonites.
The Moabites called them "Emim." The Ammonites called them "Zamzummim."