Later the king of the Ammonites died and his son Hanun succeeded him.

此后，亚扪人的王死了，他儿子哈嫩接续他作王。

此后，亚扪人的王死了，他儿子哈嫩接续他作王。

此后，亚扪人的王死了，他儿子哈嫩接续他作王。

后来，亚扪王死了，他儿子哈嫩继位。

后来，亚扪人的王死了，他的儿子哈嫩继承他作王。

此後，亞捫人的王死了，他兒子哈嫩接續他作王。

此後，亞捫人的王死了，他兒子哈嫩接續他作王。

此後，亞捫人的王死了，他兒子哈嫩接續他作王。

後來，亞捫王死了，他兒子哈嫩繼位。

後來，亞捫人的王死了，他的兒子哈嫩繼承他作王。

此後亞捫人的王死了，他的兒子哈嫩接替他作王。

此後，亞捫人的王死了，他的兒子哈嫩接替他作王。

厥後、亞捫族王沒、其子哈嫩嗣位、

嗣後亞捫族之王薨、子哈嫩繼位。

此後亞捫王死、子哈嫩繼之為王、

In the course of time, the king of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun succeeded him as king.

The king of Ammon died. His son Hanun became the next king after him.

After this the king of the Ammonites died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place.

Some time after this, King Nahash of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun became king.

Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun became king in his place.

Now it happened afterward that the king of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun became king in his place.

It happened after this that the king of the people of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place.

And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.

Some time later the king of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun became king in his place.

And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.

After this, the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place.

Nahash the Ammonite marched against Jabesh Gilead. All the men of Jabesh Gilead said to Nahash,“ Make a treaty with us and we will serve you.”But Nahash the Ammonite said to them,“ The only way I will make a treaty with you is if you let me gouge out the right eye of every one of you and in so doing humiliate all Israel!”The elders of Jabesh said to him,“ Leave us alone for seven days so that we can send messengers throughout the territory of Israel. If there is no one who can deliver us, we will come out voluntarily to you.”

The LORD was furious with Israel and turned them over to the Philistines and Ammonites.They ruthlessly oppressed the Israelites that eighteenth year– that is, all the Israelites living east of the Jordan in Amorite country in Gilead.The Ammonites crossed the Jordan to fight with Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim. Israel suffered greatly.

Later King Nahash of the Ammonites died and his son succeeded him.David said,“ I will express my loyalty to Hanun son of Nahash, for his father was loyal to me.” So David sent messengers to express his sympathy over his father’s death. When David’s servants entered Ammonite territory to visit Hanun and express the king’s sympathy,the Ammonite officials said to Hanun,“ Do you really think David is trying to honor your father by sending these messengers to express his sympathy? No, his servants have come to you so they can get information and spy out the land!”So Hanun seized David’s servants and shaved their beards off. He cut off the lower part of their robes so that their buttocks were exposed and then sent them away.Messengers came and told David what had happened to the men, so he summoned them, for the men were thoroughly humiliated. The king said,“ Stay in Jericho until your beards grow again; then you may come back.”When the Ammonites realized that David was disgusted with them, Hanun and the Ammonites sent 1,000 talents of silver to hire chariots and charioteers from Aram Naharaim, Aram Maacah, and Zobah.They hired 32,000 chariots, along with the king of Maacah and his army, who came and camped in front of Medeba. The Ammonites also assembled from their cities and marched out to do battle.When David heard the news, he sent Joab and the entire army to meet them.The Ammonites marched out and were deployed for battle at the entrance to the city, while the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.When Joab saw that the battle would be fought on two fronts, he chose some of Israel’s best men and deployed them against the Arameans.He put his brother Abishai in charge of the rest of the army and they were deployed against the Ammonites.Joab said,“ If the Arameans start to overpower me, you come to my rescue. If the Ammonites start to overpower you, I will come to your rescue.Be strong! Let’s fight bravely for the sake of our people and the cities of our God! The LORD will do what he decides is best!”So Joab and his men marched toward the Arameans to do battle, and they fled before him.When the Ammonites saw the Arameans flee, they fled before Joab’s brother Abishai and withdrew into the city. Joab went back to Jerusalem.When the Arameans realized they had been defeated by Israel, they sent for reinforcements from beyond the Euphrates River, led by Shophach the commanding general of Hadadezer’s army.When David was informed, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan River, and marched against them. David deployed his army against the Arameans for battle and they fought against him.The Arameans fled before Israel. David killed 7,000 Aramean charioteers and 40,000 infantrymen; he also killed Shophach the commanding general.When Hadadezer’s subjects saw they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became his subjects. The Arameans were no longer willing to help the Ammonites.

Jephthah sent messengers to the Ammonite king, saying,“ Why have you come against me to attack my land?”The Ammonite king said to Jephthah’s messengers,“ Because Israel stole my land when they came up from Egypt– from the Arnon River in the south to the Jabbok River in the north, and as far west as the Jordan. Now return it peaceably!”Jephthah sent messengers back to the Ammonite kingand said to him,“ This is what Jephthah says,‘ Israel did not steal the land of Moab and the land of the Ammonites.When they left Egypt, Israel traveled through the desert as far as the Red Sea and then came to Kadesh.Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying,“ Please allow us to pass through your land.” But the king of Edom rejected the request. Israel sent the same request to the king of Moab, but he was unwilling to cooperate. So Israel stayed at Kadesh.Then Israel went through the desert and bypassed the land of Edom and the land of Moab. They traveled east of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon River; they did not go through Moabite territory( the Arnon was Moab’s border).Israel sent messengers to King Sihon, the Amorite king who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him,“ Please allow us to pass through your land to our land.”But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory. He assembled his whole army, camped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.The LORD God of Israel handed Sihon and his whole army over to Israel and they defeated them. Israel took all the land of the Amorites who lived in that land.They took all the Amorite territory from the Arnon River on the south to the Jabbok River on the north, from the desert in the east to the Jordan in the west.Since the LORD God of Israel has driven out the Amorites before his people Israel, do you think you can just take it from them?You have the right to take what Chemosh your god gives you, but we will take the land of all whom the LORD our God has driven out before us.Are you really better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he dare to quarrel with Israel? Did he dare to fight with them?Israel has been living in Heshbon and its nearby towns, in Aroer and its nearby towns, and in all the cities along the Arnon for three hundred years! Why did you not reclaim them during that time?I have not done you wrong, but you are doing wrong by attacking me. May the LORD, the Judge, judge this day between the Israelites and the Ammonites!’”But the Ammonite king disregarded the message sent by Jephthah.