When the younger daughter gave birth to a son, she named him Ben ammi. He became the ancestor of the nation now known as the Ammonites.

小女儿也生了儿子，给他起名叫便亚米，就是现今亚扪人的始祖。

小女儿也生了儿子，给他起名叫便‧亚米，就是现今亚扪人的始祖。

小女儿也生了儿子，给他起名叫便‧亚米，就是现今亚扪人的始祖。

小女儿也生了一个儿子，给他取名叫便·亚米，他是今天亚扪人的祖先。

小女儿也生了一个儿子，给他起名叫便．亚米，就是现在亚扪人的始祖。

至于小女儿，她也生了一个儿子，给他起名为本·亚米，他就是今天亚扪子孙的始祖。

小女兒也生了兒子，給他起名叫便‧亞米，就是現今亞捫人的始祖。

小女兒也生了兒子，給他起名叫便‧亞米，就是現今亞捫人的始祖。

小女兒也生了兒子，給他起名叫便‧亞米，就是現今亞捫人的始祖。

小女兒也生了一個兒子，給他取名叫便·亞米，他是今天亞捫人的祖先。

小女兒也生了一個兒子，給他起名叫便．亞米，就是現在亞捫人的始祖。

小女兒也生個兒子，她給他起名叫便亞米，就是今日亞捫人的始祖。

至於小女兒，她也生了一個兒子，給他起名為便亞米，他就是今天亞捫子孫的始祖。

季女亦生子、命名便亞米、為亞捫族之祖、

季女亦生子、命名便亞米、為亞捫族之祖。

季女亦生子、命名便亞米、即今亞捫族之祖、

The younger daughter also had a son, and she named him Ben-Ammi; he is the father of the Ammonites of today.

The younger daughter also had a son. She named him Ben- Ammi. He’s the father of the Ammonites of today.

The younger also bore a son and called his name Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites to this day.

The younger also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites of today.

As for the younger, she also gave birth to a son, and named him Ben ammi; he is the father of the sons of Ammon to this day.

And the younger, she also bore a son and called his name Ben-Ammi; he is the father of the people of Ammon to this day.

And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben- ammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.

The younger also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites of today.

And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same[ is] the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.

The younger daughter also gave birth to a son and named him Ben-Ammi. He is the ancestor of the Ammonites of today.

The younger also bore a son, and called his name Ben Ammi. He is the father of the children of Ammon to this day.

and enter the land of the Ammonites, the descendants of Lot. But do not bother them or start a war with them. I have given the land of Ammon to them as their property, and I will not give you any of their land.’”

the Lord warned us,‘ Do not bother the Moabites, the descendants of Lot, or start a war with them. I have given them Ar as their property, and I will not give you any of their land.’”

“ Come,” they say,“ let us wipe out Israel as a nation. We will destroy the very memory of its existence.”Yes, this was their unanimous decision. They signed a treaty as allies against you—these Edomites and Ishmaelites; Moabites and Hagrites;Gebalites, Ammonites, and Amalekites; and people from Philistia and Tyre.Assyria has joined them, too, and is allied with the descendants of Lot. Interlude

Some time after this, King Nahash of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun became king.David said,“ I am going to show loyalty to Hanun just as his father, Nahash, was always loyal to me.” So David sent ambassadors to express sympathy to Hanun about his father’s death. But when David’s ambassadors arrived in the land of Ammon,the Ammonite commanders said to Hanun, their master,“ Do you really think these men are coming here to honor your father? No! David has sent them to spy out the city so they can come in and conquer it!”So Hanun seized David’s ambassadors and shaved off half of each man’s beard, cut off their robes at the buttocks, and sent them back to David in shame.When David heard what had happened, he sent messengers to tell the men,“ Stay at Jericho until your beards grow out, and then come back.” For they felt deep shame because of their appearance.When the people of Ammon realized how seriously they had angered David, they sent and hired 20,000 Aramean foot soldiers from the lands of Beth rehob and Zobah, 1,000 from the king of Maacah, and 12,000 from the land of Tob.When David heard about this, he sent Joab and all his warriors to fight them.The Ammonite troops came out and drew up their battle lines at the entrance of the city gate, while the Arameans from Zobah and Rehob and the men from Tob and Maacah positioned themselves to fight in the open fields.When Joab saw that he would have to fight on both the front and the rear, he chose some of Israel’s elite troops and placed them under his personal command to fight the Arameans in the fields.He left the rest of the army under the command of his brother Abishai, who was to attack the Ammonites.“ If the Arameans are too strong for me, then come over and help me,” Joab told his brother.“ And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, I will come and help you.Be courageous! Let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. May the Lord’s will be done.”When Joab and his troops attacked, the Arameans began to run away.And when the Ammonites saw the Arameans running, they ran from Abishai and retreated into the city. After the battle was over, Joab returned to Jerusalem.The Arameans now realized that they were no match for Israel. So when they regrouped,they were joined by additional Aramean troops summoned by Hadadezer from the other side of the Euphrates River. These troops arrived at Helam under the command of Shobach, the commander of Hadadezer’s forces.When David heard what was happening, he mobilized all Israel, crossed the Jordan River, and led the army to Helam. The Arameans positioned themselves in battle formation and fought against David.But again the Arameans fled from the Israelites. This time David’s forces killed 700 charioteers and 40,000 foot soldiers, including Shobach, the commander of their army.When all the kings allied with Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they surrendered to Israel and became their subjects. After that, the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites.

“ No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants for ten generations may be admitted to the assembly of the Lord.

Again the Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight. They served the images of Baal and Ashtoreth, and the gods of Aram, Sidon, Moab, Ammon, and Philistia. They abandoned the Lord and no longer served him at all.So the Lord burned with anger against Israel, and he turned them over to the Philistines and the Ammonites,who began to oppress them that year. For eighteen years they oppressed all the Israelites east of the Jordan River in the land of the Amorites( that is, in Gilead).The Ammonites also crossed to the west side of the Jordan and attacked Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim. The Israelites were in great distress.Finally, they cried out to the Lord for help, saying,“ We have sinned against you because we have abandoned you as our God and have served the images of Baal.”The Lord replied,“ Did I not rescue you from the Egyptians, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines,the Sidonians, the Amalekites, and the Maonites? When they oppressed you, you cried out to me for help, and I rescued you.Yet you have abandoned me and served other gods. So I will not rescue you anymore.Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen! Let them rescue you in your hour of distress!”But the Israelites pleaded with the Lord and said,“ We have sinned. Punish us as you see fit, only rescue us today from our enemies.”Then the Israelites put aside their foreign gods and served the Lord. And he was grieved by their misery.At that time the armies of Ammon had gathered for war and were camped in Gilead, and the people of Israel assembled and camped at Mizpah.The leaders of Gilead said to each other,“ Whoever attacks the Ammonites first will become ruler over all the people of Gilead.”Now Jephthah of Gilead was a great warrior. He was the son of Gilead, but his mother was a prostitute.Gilead’s wife also had several sons, and when these half brothers grew up, they chased Jephthah off the land.“ You will not get any of our father’s inheritance,” they said,“ for you are the son of a prostitute.”So Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob. Soon he had a band of worthless rebels following him.At about this time, the Ammonites began their war against Israel.When the Ammonites attacked, the elders of Gilead sent for Jephthah in the land of Tob.The elders said,“ Come and be our commander! Help us fight the Ammonites!”But Jephthah said to them,“ Aren’t you the ones who hated me and drove me from my father’s house? Why do you come to me now when you’re in trouble?”“ Because we need you,” the elders replied.“ If you lead us in battle against the Ammonites, we will make you ruler over all the people of Gilead.”Jephthah said to the elders,“ Let me get this straight. If I come with you and if the Lord gives me victory over the Ammonites, will you really make me ruler over all the people?”“ The Lord is our witness,” the elders replied.“ We promise to do whatever you say.”So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their ruler and commander of the army. At Mizpah, in the presence of the Lord, Jephthah repeated what he had said to the elders.Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of Ammon, asking,“ Why have you come out to fight against my land?”The king of Ammon answered Jephthah’s messengers,“ When the Israelites came out of Egypt, they stole my land from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River and all the way to the Jordan. Now then, give back the land peaceably.”Jephthah sent this message back to the Ammonite king:“ This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not steal any land from Moab or Ammon.When the people of Israel arrived at Kadesh on their journey from Egypt after crossing the Red Sea,they sent messengers to the king of Edom asking for permission to pass through his land. But their request was denied. Then they asked the king of Moab for similar permission, but he wouldn’t let them pass through either. So the people of Israel stayed in Kadesh.“ Finally, they went around Edom and Moab through the wilderness. They traveled along Moab’s eastern border and camped on the other side of the Arnon River. But they never once crossed the Arnon River into Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.“ Then Israel sent messengers to King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled from Heshbon, asking for permission to cross through his land to get to their destination.But King Sihon didn’t trust Israel to pass through his land. Instead, he mobilized his army at Jahaz and attacked them.But the Lord, the God of Israel, gave his people victory over King Sihon. So Israel took control of all the land of the Amorites, who lived in that region,from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River, and from the eastern wilderness to the Jordan.“ So you see, it was the Lord, the God of Israel, who took away the land from the Amorites and gave it to Israel. Why, then, should we give it back to you?You keep whatever your god Chemosh gives you, and we will keep whatever the Lord our God gives us.Are you any better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he try to make a case against Israel for disputed land? Did he go to war against them?“ Israel has been living here for 300 years, inhabiting Heshbon and its surrounding settlements, all the way to Aroer and its settlements, and in all the towns along the Arnon River. Why have you made no effort to recover it before now?Therefore, I have not sinned against you. Rather, you have wronged me by attacking me. Let the Lord, who is judge, decide today which of us is right— Israel or Ammon.”But the king of Ammon paid no attention to Jephthah’s message.At that time the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he went throughout the land of Gilead and Manasseh, including Mizpah in Gilead, and from there he led an army against the Ammonites.And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord. He said,“ If you give me victory over the Ammonites,I will give to the Lord whatever comes out of my house to meet me when I return in triumph. I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering.”So Jephthah led his army against the Ammonites, and the Lord gave him victory.He crushed the Ammonites, devastating about twenty towns from Aroer to an area near Minnith and as far away as Abel keramim. In this way Israel defeated the Ammonites.When Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, his daughter came out to meet him, playing on a tambourine and dancing for joy. She was his one and only child; he had no other sons or daughters.When he saw her, he tore his clothes in anguish.“ Oh, my daughter!” he cried out.“ You have completely destroyed me! You’ve brought disaster on me! For I have made a vow to the Lord, and I cannot take it back.”And she said,“ Father, if you have made a vow to the Lord, you must do to me what you have vowed, for the Lord has given you a great victory over your enemies, the Ammonites.But first let me do this one thing: Let me go up and roam in the hills and weep with my friends for two months, because I will die a virgin.”“ You may go,” Jephthah said. And he sent her away for two months. She and her friends went into the hills and wept because she would never have children.When she returned home, her father kept the vow he had made, and she died a virgin. So it has become a custom in Israelfor young Israelite women to go away for four days each year to lament the fate of Jephthah’s daughter.

They will join forces to swoop down on Philistia to the west. Together they will attack and plunder the nations to the east. They will occupy the lands of Edom and Moab, and Ammon will obey them.

Now, as surely as I live,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel,“ Moab and Ammon will be destroyed— destroyed as completely as Sodom and Gomorrah. Their land will become a place of stinging nettles, salt pits, and eternal desolation. The remnant of my people will plunder them and take their land.”

About a month later, King Nahash of Ammon led his army against the Israelite town of Jabesh gilead. But all the citizens of Jabesh asked for peace.“ Make a treaty with us, and we will be your servants,” they pleaded.“ All right,” Nahash said,“ but only on one condition. I will gouge out the right eye of every one of you as a disgrace to all Israel!”“ Give us seven days to send messengers throughout Israel!” replied the elders of Jabesh.“ If no one comes to save us, we will agree to your terms.”When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and told the people about their plight, everyone broke into tears.Saul had been plowing a field with his oxen, and when he returned to town, he asked,“ What’s the matter? Why is everyone crying?” So they told him about the message from Jabesh.Then the Spirit of God came powerfully upon Saul, and he became very angry.He took two oxen and cut them into pieces and sent the messengers to carry them throughout Israel with this message:“ This is what will happen to the oxen of anyone who refuses to follow Saul and Samuel into battle!” And the Lord made the people afraid of Saul’s anger, and all of them came out together as one.When Saul mobilized them at Bezek, he found that there were 300,000 men from Israel and 30,000 men from Judah.So Saul sent the messengers back to Jabesh gilead to say,“ We will rescue you by noontime tomorrow!” There was great joy throughout the town when that message arrived!The men of Jabesh then told their enemies,“ Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you can do to us whatever you wish.”But before dawn the next morning, Saul arrived, having divided his army into three detachments. He launched a surprise attack against the Ammonites and slaughtered them the whole morning. The remnant of their army was so badly scattered that no two of them were left together.Then the people exclaimed to Samuel,“ Now where are those men who said,‘ Why should Saul rule over us?’ Bring them here, and we will kill them!”But Saul replied,“ No one will be executed today, for today the Lord has rescued Israel!”Then Samuel said to the people,“ Come, let us all go to Gilgal to renew the kingdom.”So they all went to Gilgal, and in a solemn ceremony before the Lord they made Saul king. Then they offered peace offerings to the Lord, and Saul and all the Israelites were filled with joy.

About the same time I realized that some of the men of Judah had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.Furthermore, half their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of some other people and could not speak the language of Judah at all.So I confronted them and called down curses on them. I beat some of them and pulled out their hair. I made them swear in the name of God that they would not let their children intermarry with the pagan people of the land.“ Wasn’t this exactly what led King Solomon of Israel into sin?” I demanded.“ There was no king from any nation who could compare to him, and God loved him and made him king over all Israel. But even he was led into sin by his foreign wives.How could you even think of committing this sinful deed and acting unfaithfully toward God by marrying foreign women?”One of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest had married a daughter of Sanballat the Horonite, so I banished him from my presence.

On that same day, as the Book of Moses was being read to the people, the passage was found that said no Ammonite or Moabite should ever be permitted to enter the assembly of God.For they had not provided the Israelites with food and water in the wilderness. Instead, they hired Balaam to curse them, though our God turned the curse into a blessing.When this passage of the Law was read, all those of foreign descent were immediately excluded from the assembly.