The Lord said to the Israelites, “Did I not deliver you from Egypt, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines,

They said, ¹  “Come, be our commander, so we can fight with the Ammonites.”

Jephthah made a vow to the Lord, saying, “If you really do hand the Ammonites over to me,

Jephthah approached ¹  the Ammonites to fight with them, and the Lord handed them over to him.

Later King Nahash of the Ammonites died and his son succeeded him.

He put his brother Abishai in charge of the rest of the army and they were deployed against the Ammonites.

Mark out the routes for the sword to take: “Rabbah of the Ammonites” and “Judah with Jerusalem in it.” ¹ 

“Son of man, turn toward ¹  the Ammonites ²  and prophesy against them.

King Solomon fell in love with many foreign women (besides Pharaoh’s daughter), including Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites.

The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah and his fame reached ¹  the border of Egypt, for he grew in power.

and all the cities of King Sihon of the Amorites who ruled in Heshbon, and ended at the Ammonite border.

Eglon formed alliances with ¹  the Ammonites and Amalekites. He came and defeated Israel, and they seized the City of Date Palm Trees.

The Ammonites assembled ¹  and camped in Gilead; the Israelites gathered together and camped in Mizpah.

When the Ammonites attacked, ¹  the leaders ²  of Gilead asked Jephthah to come back ³  from the land of Tob.

and said to him, “This is what Jephthah says, ‘Israel did not steal ¹  the land of Moab and the land of the Ammonites.

including ¹  Aram, ²  Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amelek. This also included some of the plunder taken from ³  King Hadadezer son of Rehob of Zobah.

¹ So Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal city.

The conspirators were Zabad son of Shimeath (an Ammonite woman) and Jehozabad son of Shimrith (a Moabite woman).

But Ishmael son of Nethaniah managed to escape from Johanan along with eight of his men, and he went on over to Ammon.

¹ Nahash ²  the Ammonite marched ³  against Jabesh Gilead. All the men of Jabesh Gilead said to Nahash, “Make a treaty with us and we will serve you.”