•An Ephraimite father of Elishama, the chief of the tribe at the time of the Exodus. (Numbers 1:10;
2:18; 7:48,53; 10:22; 7:26) and, through him, ancestor of Joshua. (B.C. 1491.)
•A Simeonite, father of Shemuel. (Numbers 34:20)
•The father of Pedahel, prince of the tribe of Naphtali. (Numbers 34:28)
•The father-of Talmai king of Geshur. (2 Samuel 13:37)
•A descendant of Pharez, son of Judah. (1 Chronicles 9:4)
Amminadab
(one of the prince’s people).
•Son of Ram or Aram, and father of Nahshon, or Naasson (as it is written) (Matthew 1:4; Luke
3:32); (Numbers 1:7; 2:3; Ruth 4:19,20; 1 Chronicles 2:10) One of the ancestors of Jesus Christ.
•The chief of the 112 sons of Uzziel, a Junior Levitical house of the family of the Kohathites.
(Exodus 6:23; 1 Chronicles 15:10,11)
•In (1 Chronicles 6:22) Izhar, the son of Kohath, is called Amminadib; probably a clerical error.
Amminadib
Probably another form of Amminadab. He was noted for the swiftness of his chariot. (Song of
Solomon 6:12) It is uncertain whether we ought to read here AMMINADIB, with the Authorized
Version, or my willing people, as in the margin. Ammishad’da-i (people of the Almighty), the
father of Ahiezer, prince of the tribe of Dan at the time of the Exodus. (Numbers 1:12; 2:25; 7:66,71;
10:25) (B.C. 1491.)
Ammizabad
(people of the Giver, i.e. God), the son of Benaiah, who commanded the third division of David’s
army. (1 Chronicles 27:6) (B.C. 1050.)
Ammon
(sons of renown, mountaineers), Am’monites, Children of Ammon, A people descended from
Ben-ammi, the son of Lot by his younger daughter. (Genesis 19:38) comp Psal 83:7,8 The
Ammonites are frequently mentioned with the Moabites (descendants of Ben-ammi’s half-brother),
and sometimes under the same name. Comp. (Judges 10:6; 2 Chronicles 20:1; Zephaniah 2:8) etc.
The precise position of the territory of the Ammonites is not ascertainable. In the earliest mention
of them, (2:20) they are said to have dwelt in their place, Jabbok being their border. (Numbers
21:24; 2:37; 3:16) (i.e. Land or country is, however, but rarely ascribed to them. Their capital city
was Rabbath, called also Rabbath Ammon on the Jabbok. We find everywhere traces of the fierce
habits of maranders in their incursions.) (1 Samuel 11:2; Amos 1:13) and a very high degree of
crafty cruelty to their toes. (Jeremiah 41:6,7; Judges 17:11,12) Moab was the settled and civilized
half of the nation of Lot, and Ammon formed its predatory and Bedouin section. On the west of
Jordan they never obtained a footing. The hatred in which the Ammonites were held by Israel is
stated to have arisen partly from their denial of assistance, (23:4) to the Israelites on their approach
to Canaan. But whatever its origin the animosity continued in force to the latest date. The tribe was
governed by a king, (Judges 11:12) etc.; (1 Samuel 12:12; 2 Samuel 10:1; Jeremiah 40:14) and by
“princes.” (2 Samuel 10:3; 1 Chronicles 19:3) The divinity of the tribe was Molech [Molech], and
they were gross idolaters.
Ammonitess
a woman of Ammonite race. (1 Kings 14:21,31; 2 Chronicles 12:13)
Ammonno
See No-Amon.
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