Why Did The Ammonites Exist

Improved Essays
The place of Ammon is a Semitic Kingdom occupying the east of the Jordan River. In the bible Milcom and Molech were named the gods of Ammon. The people who lived in this Kingdom were often called the “Children of Ammon” or “Ammonites.” Ammon was located or occupied from the 10th century to 332 BC. In the bible Ammon is mentioned in Genesis 19:37-38 and it is also stated that they descend from Ben-Ammi. Ben-Ammi is the son of Lot which was through incest with his daughter. After this the bible doesn’t mention anything else about Ammon until centuries later. However, the main source of knowledge about the Ammonites come from the enemies. This means that anything about the Ammonites comes from the written point of view that is hostile. Ammon was

Related Documents

  • Great Essays

    The Hebrews were a Semitic nation of monotheistic people. They worshipped under the ruling of one god, Yahweh. During this period of worship, ideas, traditions, laws, advice, prayers, hymns, history and prophecies were recorded and preserved. According to the Bible, after being led out of Egypt by Moses in the 13th century, they settled in Palestine. Later Hebrew leaders captured and established Jerusalem as the religious center of the realm.…

    • 1675 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Great Essays

    The “Babylonian Exile” is one of the most famous exiles in history. The Jewish people of Babylon were exiled to the Kingdom of Judah due to their religion. Just like what happened to two of the main character’s of Barbara Kingsolver’s novel. In Barbara Kingsolver’s novel, The Poisonwood Bible, the Price family is among the main characters. The family is made up of Nathan Price, the Reverend who led his family on a mission trip.…

    • 1521 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Ammut helped change Egypt for the better by helping the Egyptians figure out who's going to go to the afterlife by weighing their heart to a feather. If your heart was heavier than the feather, Ammut will devour the hearts of those that contain wicked hearts, but if your heart is lighter than the feather of truth, you will be passed on to the afterlife. That's why, in Egypt, some people used to starve themselves so that when they die they will be lighter than the feather of truth, just to get into the afterlife without Ammut eating your heart. Ammut is mixed with three different animals, each for different emotions. The animals are a lion, a crocodile, and a hippopotamus.…

    • 409 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    Scriptural Response Two In this paper, I will write a scriptural response to the assigned reading of the NIV Study Bible and the Wiersbe Bible Commentary. I will write my response to chapters twelve through fifty of Genesis and chapters fourteen through thirty-eight of the Wiersbe Bible Commentary. Main Characters Abram and his wife Sarai (later God renames them Abraham and Sarah)…

    • 837 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Superior Essays

    NAME; JERRY ISAAC MALLO HIC NUMBER; MALJC1403 MODULE; MASS COMMUNICATION TEACHER; MS NINA FEDERLEY DATE; JULY 20 2015. THE MATRIX AS A BIBLICAL STORY The Matrix is a current movie and the Bible is a piece of inspired literature that has withstood scrutiny throughout the ages. The Matrix has many biblical themes and it parallels the Bible in numerous ways.…

    • 1161 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Right To The Land Dbq

    • 1465 Words
    • 6 Pages

    We know there was an Israel up until the time of the Roman Empire, when the destruction of Judea by Emperor Hadrian forced the jews to go into diaspora or slavery. Its inhabitants were driven from the land in two dispersions: One in 70 A.D. and the other in 135 A.D. From that point on, Israel had no place to stay. Subsequently, 1800 years later, they started buying land and migrated back to their homeland .…

    • 1465 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Following the Exodus from Egypt the Israelites wandered the Sinai wilderness for forty years. Not sure of their future they began worshipping the Canaanite Pantheon instead of God and only upon threats from Moses did they stop their worshipping the pagan deities. Substantial amount of evidence from various archaeological excavations throughout the Levant confirm that the Israelites and the Canaanites believed in the same Father-God named El. The Kingdom of Israel, ruled by Jeroboam I, began a religiously divided nation with idols of El's such as the golden calf in the temples located in Dan and at Bethel and said "Here are your gods O Israel.…

    • 981 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    Melchizedek Research Paper

    • 1656 Words
    • 7 Pages

    Melchizedek There is much mystery surrounding the famous figure of Melchizedek. Who was he? Was he known by any other names? Could he be Jesus, or was he just a picture, and a foreshadowing of someone yet to come? These questions have been pondered throughout the ages, and his person has been thrown into many writings, such as Paulo Coelho’s…

    • 1656 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In Ancient times, every kingdom is trying to thrive and be the biggest kingdom in their region. In Africa, near modern day Ethiopia, there was the kingdom of Aksum that existed from the 1st to the 8th century. Most of the people in Aksum believed in a polytheistic religion until Christianity was introduced. With all the other kingdom is the area, Aksum strived to be the best and conquer the most land. During the third century, the Axumite Empire was led by an extraordinary leader, King Ezana.…

    • 284 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The Ancient Egyptians’ religion was polytheistic, meaning they worshiped many, many gods. In the early times of their religion, each town had its own god, along with a number of minor gods. Everyone worshiped these town gods, not just the inhabitants of the town. And as a town’s importance grew, their god got all buffed up in importance along with it. When Thebes became the capital of Ancient Egypt, their town god, Amon, became very important, too.…

    • 271 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Both Kings and Chronicles are God-inspired books that tell the same story, but the purposes are to a certain extent different. Kings tells the history of Israel from Solomon becoming a king to the fall of Judah (623). If Noth and DH scholars are correct, then these books are simply a part of a larger work that starts in Deuteronomy and ends with 2 Kings (623). Our text describes the aim of the author was to explain how the narrative arose out of a series of connected, past events (624). It was a summary of this time period at its conclusion.…

    • 264 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Any rich story weaves in symbolism and foreshadowing. This enhances the meaning of the narrative, gives the audience clues to the future, and sets the stage for multiple themes. The drama of the Bible checks all of these boxes and then some. Although there are many characters in the first formative years of Israel’s existence, the character of Joshua, leads Israel into a temporary Promised Land, which foreshadows the role that Jesus plays in the unfolding narrative. Joshua was critical to the establishment of Israel as their own country, leading them to a land to call their own.…

    • 1567 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    These were pivotal times for all three of the abrahamic religions. It seems as if Benjamin could see the emerging power struggle between cross and crescent and that Judaism was going to be caught in the middle of this struggle. His journey then becomes a proactive attempt to show that judaism was just as widespread as christianity and Islam. When setting out to travel the know world he left home deliberately with the goal of identifying as many Jewish settlements as possible. His cataloging of as many jewish settlements and their leaders as he could was an act of necessity to show that though Judaism was not a religious superpower he was not going to…

    • 804 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    The Lord is Worthy of Obedience and Worship The new generation of Israelites is about to go into the promise land after wandering through the desert for forty years. The book of Deuteronomy, the second law, is a speech from Moses to the Israelites before they enter into the promise land. The book is divided up into three sections. The first part of Moses speech is highlighting the past experience of the Israelites, the second part is the book is God’s laws and commands, and the third section is about the future exile from the promise land.…

    • 1239 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The story of Israel’s conquest of Canaan can, like many of the other stories of the Hebrew Bible, can be explained as reflections of the religious, political, and societal beliefs of their composers and editors. As a historical piece, the account of Israel’s conquest of Canaan fails to match the current archeological understanding of the Canaanite settlements mentioned in The Book of Joshau. The inaccuracies fail to reflect an accurate historical model, but they suggest that the Book of Joshua is symbolic of its writers. The religious purpose of the story of the conquest of Canaan is to explain the geopolitical and geographical aspects of pre-exilic Israel whilst maintaining their belief that the people of Israel are the chosen people of God. The story highlights and explains several important facets of the Hebrew world at the time of the Book of Joshau’s inclusion in the biblical canon.…

    • 804 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays