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Jan 4, 2017 · ( Genesis 28:18-19) (3) The place is named after the people who founded the site or who made it famous. Rabbath-Ammon (רבת-עמון), or simply Rabbah, the capital city of the Ammonite kingdom, means “the capital of Ammon”. Over time, the name was shortened to Ammon, from which the present name in Arabic (Amman) derives.
All know that the end of Elijah’s life is near. When they get to the Jordan, Elijah rolls up his mantle and strikes the water, which miraculously divides so that the two men cross on dry land. On the other side of the Jordan, a fiery horse-drawn chariot sweeps Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind (2 Kings 2:4–14).
Apr 2, 2019 · Because of this association, the Greeks likely took the name of this city and adapted it to create their word for book. Application to the Scriptures, Old and New Testament: The collection of these writings, including the New Testament, were first called the Bible somewhere around the fourth century in the writings of John Chrysostom ...
The borders of the land of Ammon. Deuteronomy 23:3. The people of Ammon and Moab could not enter the assembly of God to the tenth generation. 1 Kings 11:7, 11:33, 2 Kings 23:13. Molek, the god of Ammon. 1 Kings 14:21, 14:31. Naamah, an Ammonite was the mother of Juda’s King Rehoboam. Ezekiel 25:1-5. Lord’s prophecy against Ammon.
Mar 14, 2016 · The center of the Egyptian world in the first millennium was a Mediterranean coastal city not referenced in the Hebrew Bible and only referenced in passing in the New Testament: Alexandria. This city, where the Hebrew Bible was translated from Hebrew (and Aramaic) into Greek, made it possible for the Hebrew Bible to live beyond Persian-period ...
These discoveries in Jordan reveal Iron Age kingdoms that, like Israel and Judah, formed on the basis of tribal structures, named their own kings and worshiped their own national gods. We know them in the Bible and increasingly in archaeology as Ammon, Moab and Edom.
1. Name. According to Genesis 19:38 Lot’s younger daughter gave birth to a child by her own father and named him Ben-’Ammī. He was the ancestor of the Ammonites. It is clear that the name Ben-’Ammī offers an explanation for the ethnic name ’Ammōnī or benē ’Ammōn. The proper tr. of the name Ben-’Ammī is not clear.
