Younger Daughter [61593]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Bible#cite_note-7


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammon



In the Bible

According to the biblical account, Genesis 19:37-38 , both Ammon and Moab were born of an incestuous relationship between Lot and his two daughters in the aftermath of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah , and collectively the Moabites were referred to as the children of Lot. Throughout the Bible, the Ammonites and Israelites are referred to as antagonists. During the Exodus , the Israelites were prohibited by the Ammonites from passing through their lands. In the Book of Judges , the Ammonites work with Eglon , king of the Moabites against Israel.

Attacks by the Ammonites on Israelite communities east of the Jordan were the impetus behind the unification of the tribes under Saul .

According to both 1 Kings 14:21-31 and 2 Chronicles 12:13 , Naamah was an Ammonite. She was the only wife of King Solomon to be mentioned, within the Tanakh , as having borne a child. She was the mother of his heir, Rehoboam .

Relation to Assyria

Ammon maintained its independence from the Assyrian empire through tribute to the Assyrian king, at a time when nearby kingdoms were being raided or conquered. Inscriptions describe the Ammonite king Baasha ben Ruhubi 's army fighting alongside Ahab and Syrian allies against Shalmaneser III at the Battle of Qarqar in 853 BC, possibly as vassals of Bar-Hadad II , the Aramaean king of Damascus . In 734 their king Sanipu was a vassal of Tiglath-Pileser III and his successor, Pudu-ilu , held the same position under Sennacherib and Esarhaddon . An Assyrian tribute-list exists from this period, showing that Ammon paid one-fifth of Judah's tribute.

Somewhat later, their king Amminadab I was among the tributaries who suffered in the course of the great Arabian campaign of Assurbanipal . Other kings attested to in contemporary sources are Barakel (attested to in several contemporary seals and Hissalel who reigned about 620 BCE (and who is mentioned on an inscription on a bottle found at Tel Siran , Jordan along with his son, King Amminadab II, who reigned around 600 BCE.)

In the Persian empire

Little mention is made of the Ammonites through the Persian and early Hellenistic periods. Their name appears, however, during the time of the Maccabees . The Ammonites, with some of the neighbouring tribes, did their utmost to resist and check the revival of the Jewish power under Judas Maccabaeus .

The last notice of the Ammonites themselves is in Justin Martyr , Dialogue with Trypho (§ 119), where it is affirmed that they were still a numerous people.

Language

The few Ammonite names that have been preserved, including Nahash and Hanun . Their language is believed to be Semitic , closely related to Hebrew and Moabite . Ammonite may have incorporated certain Aramaic influences including the use of 'bd instead of commoner Biblical Hebrew ' for "work". The only other notable difference with Biblical Hebrew is the sporadic retention of feminine singular -t (eg 'š "cistern", but 'lyh "high (fem.)".)

Younger married Lot [7957] [MRIN: 551617683], son of Haran [5528] and Unknown.