Attacks committed by ammonites against the israelite communities located in the eastern part of jordan were actually the reason behind the alliance of tribes that were under saul. Moabites and ammonites, had been killed or driven out. As for the younger, she also bore a son, and called his name benammi. In the passage before us, jehoram was faced with the rebellion of the moabites, one of the longstanding enemies of gods people. Because they did not meet you with food and water bar ilan. The firstborn bore a son, and called his name moab. Moabites are not a biblical people, just a people copied into the bible. This is clear from the inscription on the moabite stone, a monument of mesha, king of moab, erected about 850 b. Chemosh in the bible encyclopedia isbe bible history. The sweeping prohibition against marrying an ammonite or moabite. The moabites were a tribe descended from moab, the son of lot, born of an incestuous relationship with his oldest daughter genesis 19.
And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name benammi. The ammonites are the japanese people as you know these poeple have been in the earth for dynasties, and are still here today just as the children of isreal are here. In genesis 16 through 21, there are three kinds of births. Moses concludes the account of sodom and gomorrahs destruction in todays passage, telling us that lot fathered the moabites and the ammonites by his daughters gen. Moabites and ammonites while the book of genesis is god s written word to us, it was first given to the nation of israel. When barring ammonites and moabites from marrying israelites, the to. The ammonites emerged east of the jordan at about the same time as the israelites appeared as a people west of the jordan. The moabites were descendants of lot through his daughters. It was balak, king of moab, who years before had sought the aid of the prophet balaam in his attempt to get god to curse israel. The country makes its first appearance in our sources in the book of numbers, note where we read that an amorite leader named sihon occupied a place called hesbon, in the western border zone between the moabites and ammonites.
One thousand years of scotlands history penguin books. Mesha stela the mesha stela is a moabite royal inscription that is related to the bible and to the history of transjordan. Although they went to the land of promise together, they eventually split up. In the book of corinthians it says do not be yolked to. This audience was to read genesis and understand it was the lords will for them to possess the land of canaan. The relations between jews and arabssyrians in preislamic. As it turns out, moabites and ammonites were to become perennial enemies of. This includes maps and scripture that presents the history of these. As history goes on, we see continued fighting of israel with these two nations. However, the relations between the israelites and the midianites began to sour when the midianites joined forces with the moabites in order to hire balaam to curse israel numbers 22. According to the book of jasher 24,24, moab had four sonsed, mayon. Now it happened afterwards that the king of the ammonites died, and hanun his son became king in his place. The progenitors of the moabites and the ammonites, lots daughters become impregnated by their father, bearing two sons, after believing the rest of humanity destroyed. The historical territory of the moabites in the bible.
No ammonite or moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the lord, not even in the tenth generation. The moabites were of semitic stock and of kin to the hebrews, as is indicated by their descent from lot, the nephew of abraham genesis 19. The history of the moabites is filled with immorality, seduction, lust and incest. Moab was one of two sons born to lots daughters after they helped him to become drunk and then had children through him, seeing him as their only option to bear children. Ammonites of the old testament amazing bible timeline. In the early history of israel, the ammonites were generally viewed as an enemy of israel. Ancient ammon studies in the history and culture of. The moabites are apostrophized in an old hebrew song as the people of chemosh nu 21. The bible records that lot committed incest with his daughters and the children who were born to them were moab and ben ammi whose descendents were the moabites and the ammonites of the bible. The origin of this nation has been described above, in the history of their brother nation, the moabites, with whom they are almost identical as to spiritual signification. According to the biblical account, moab and ammon were born to lot and. Chemosh was the national deity of the moabites whose name most likely meant destroyer, subduer, or fish god. Book of ruth literary currents in biblical interpretation.
According to the biblical account, moab and ammon were born to lot and lots elder and younger daughters, respectively, in the aftermath of the destruction of sodom and gomorrah. The nation was born out of the incestuous relationship between lots oldest daughter and himself after the destruction of sodom and gomorrah genesis 19. Lot, like abraham, is a gracious and considerate host, making the welfare of his guests a priority. The ammonites were descendants of lot through his daughter. The story of lot and his daughters is the culmination of a larger narrative cycle, spanning gen 18 and gen 19, in which lot is contrasted with his uncle abraham. The bible refers to both the moabites and ammonites as lots sons, born of incest with his daughters genesis 19. Why are the ammonites excluded instead of the midianites. Moabite, member of a westsemitic people who lived in the highlands east of the dead sea now in westcentral jordan and flourished in the 9th century bc. The ancient people in the middle east where are they. For three transgressions of ammon and moab trinity. Together with their neighborsthe moabites, the edomites and the amorites who also lived west of the jordanthe ammonites loomed large in. The moabites and ammonites were never completely eradicated, although they were weakened and driven from certain lands.
The story of the moabites and ammonites as told by brother dan hurst a couple of years ago. Thus both the daughters of lot were with child by their father. Lots incestuous relationship with his daughters genesis. To the north lay the city of tyre, the rich and powerful hub of a vast trading empire. The kingdom of moab stretched north and south of the arnon river with its capital at dibon. As noted above, the ot account in genesis 19 places the origin of the ammonites and moabites in southern transjordan at the beginning of the second millennium b. During the exodus, the israelites were prohibited by the ammonites from passing through their lands. This is a reference to this passage from the book of deuteronomy. Attacks by the ammonites on israelite communities were frequent under saul.
For example, the israelites were told they could have tyhe land of moab only as far south as the river arnon, and that the rest must be left for the moabites. The ammonites, moabites, and edomites menaced israel on its eastern border. Yet the bible can rightly be called a history book, for it presents the history of gods interaction with his peopleas well as his redemptive message proclaimed to all peoplefrom genesis to revelation. Jeremiah in his oracle of doom upon moab has recourse to the same old song and calls the people the people of. A group of people called the ammonites is frequently mentioned in the old testament, but who are they. They were also more distantly related to the israelites, and this. Before we consider the history of these two nations, let us look at an important lesson the original readers of genesis were to learn. The most famous moabite kingfrom the archaeological record at leastis. Sources, composition, historiography and reception. The national god of the moabites, as baal of the zidonians, or milcom moloch, malcam of the ammonites. This doctrine examines the history of moab and ammon only insofar as it intersects with that of israels. Everything relating to the moabites and ammonites was under gods condemnation, and the children of israel were forbidden to seek their peace or prosperity. While he is most readily associated with the moabites, according to judges 11. Ancient ammon studies in the history and culture of the ancient near east 9789004107625.
Ghors and northeast arabah survey 1992, and ancient ammon, moab, and edom 1994. It was under king jehoshaphat that the moabites and ammonites, and with them some of the meunites, came against jehoshaphat for battle. Moab lay immediately across the dead sea from judah, south of the transjordan tribes. In the old testament, the word moab designates 1 a son of lot by his elder daughter genesis 19. A lepoque des juges disrael, une moabite celebre est ruth dont l histoire est. The story of the moabites and ammoniteshistory lesson of. For example, in the book of judges we see the ammonites and the moabites again team up against israel under the leadership of the obese king eglon. According to a book called the book of judges, ammonites were in great company of eglon who is known as the king of all moabites fighting against israel. Translation of and commentary on the book of isaiah by saadia gaon ben.
The forgotten kingdoms of jordan answers in genesis. We read in the bible that the reason the ammonites were punished to be forever forbidden from marrying into the israelite nation a. Another amorite leader, og, had occupied another part of this land. Who were the ammonites, moabites and edomites in the bible. The torah prohibits marriage to moabites but ruth is not only welcomed but is an ancestor of king david, and through him the messiah. They tend to doubt anything the bible states about the ammonites, moabites, and edomites unless they find independent confirmation. Moab is the name of an ancient kingdom that is today located in the modern state of jordan. This video details the true ethnohistory of the moabites who were the berber tribes of north africa. He was rescued from there by abraham before god rained down. Moabites and judges 3 christogenea community forum. Travel with us on our journey into the past in our free ebook exploring jordan. Descendants of ammon benammi, lots son by the younger of his two daughters. They are known principally through information given in the old testament and from the inscription on the moabite stone.
The moabites were a tribe of people who descended from moab, one of the sons of lot, the nephew of abraham genesis 19. The most famous moabite kingfrom the archaeological record at leastis mesha. From zoar, the cradle of this tribe, on the southeastern border of the dead sea, they gradually spread over the region on the east of jordan. Why are the ammonites excluded instead of the midianites in nehemiah. At one time, however, the moabites, ammonites and philistines were neighbors of the ancient israelites during various periods of history the philistines, moabites and ammonites made things very difficult for. The philistines, constant enemies of israel, maintained a foothold to the west. Why are the men punished for all eternity, and the women go scot free. The historical territory of the ammonites in the bible.
Throughout the bible, the ammonites and israelites were enemies. The battle of ziz is the last important date in the history of the moabites as. Ruth the moabite and the blessing of foreigners jstor. It is interesting that ruth was a moabite and she was king davids great grandmother, and she was mentioned in the genealogy of jesus in matthew chapter one. While the book of genesis is gods written word to us, it was first given to the nation of israel. The nations will have to know that i am jehovahezekiel. As moab signifies good merely natural, or spurious and adulterated natural good, so ammon signifies truth merely natural, or spurious and adulterated natural truth. The moabites worshiped the god chemosh, who may be depicted in the balua stele dated to the end of late bronze age.