![]() ![]() Their massive construction and strategic location, within sight of one another, indicate that these buildings were used for guarding and defense purposes. Some of the structures are circular and up to 16 meters in diameter, while others are rectangular or square. These were massive structures built of large, rough stones. It was supposed that their western and southern boundaries were marked by the so-called rujm malfūf (sing.). Their eastern border was the desert, with the central Jabbok constituting their northern boundary (e.g., Deut. The LandĪt the end of the 15 th century b.c.e., the Ammonites settled along the upper and central Jabbok River and in the area of its tributaries. However, Deuteronomy 23:4 forbids participation by Ammonite and Moabite aliens in the Israelite cultic community. ![]() Since Lot was a nephew of Abraham, the story attests the Israelites' belief that the Ammonites were related to them. According to Genesis 19:38, the Ammonites are named for their ancestor Ben-Ammi ( ben ʿ ammi, "son of my kin"), who was so named by Lot's younger daughter because he was born of her incestuous relations with her father. their self-appelation was bnʿ mn written as one word, with no yod following the nun. As is now known from Ammonite inscriptions of the seventh century b.c.e. In the Bible they are usually called " Benei ʿ Ammon" ("Children of Ammon"), while Akkadian inscriptions have them as Bīt Am-ma-na-aia and their land as māt Ba-an-am-na-aya. and eventually established a national kingdom in Transjordan. The Ammonites are one of the many tribes that emerged from the Syrio-Arabian desert during the second millennium b.c.e. ![]()
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