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Who Were the Ammonites, Moabites and Edomites in the Bible? The capital of the Iron Age kingdom of Ammon was Rabbah, which is located at modern-day Amman, Jordan Burnett describes the boundaries of Ammon: “The Ammonite heartland comprised the north-central Transjordanian Plateau encircled by the upper Jabbok … within a 12 5-mile radius of its capital at the headwaters of the Jabbok ”
Exploring Jordan: The Other Biblical Land Biblical-era animosities between Israel and Ammon that often brought the two king-doms into armed conflict Rounding out this survey is a sidebar by Harrison on the his-tory of excavations at Rabbath Ammon and another by epigrapher (a specialist in writing) P Kyle McCarter that describes the numerous examples of Ammonite inscrip-
Power Set in Stone - Biblical Archaeology Society During the period of Assyrian hegemony in the Iron Age II (c 1000–612 BCE), Ammon was the only southern Levantine kingdom that never rebelled against Assyria and reliably paid tribute This allowed the city of Rabbath-Ammon to flourish while its leaders maintained close ties to powerful kings and elites throughout the empire
First Person: Human Sacrifice to an Ammonite God? If the site was a temple where humans were sacrificed, it could have served the ancient Ammonite capital of Rabat Ammon, 1 5 miles to the west, although the site mystifyingly also contained Hittite, Mycenaean and Egyptian artifacts Jerusalem lay about 44 miles to the southwest
ammon Archives - Biblical Archaeology Society When translated, this name is similar to Zechariah the son of Benaiah, whose name appears in 2 Chronicles 20:14 In the Biblical narrative, Zahaziel (son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph) prophesied to King Jehoshaphat before the king went to war against the kingdoms of Ammon and Moab
Rabbath-Ammon Archives - Biblical Archaeology Society Join Us on an Educational Journey For more than 40 years, the Biblical Archaeology Society has partnered with world-renowned hosts and guides to provide you exceptional educational offerings in the archaeology of the Biblical lands and in Biblical studies
Who Is the Queen of Sheba in the Bible? Who is the Queen of Sheba? In the Bible we are introduced to an unnamed queen from the land of Sheba who travels to Jerusalem to meet King Solomon (see 1 Kings 10; 2 Chronicles 9) Accompanied by many attendants and camels, the Queen of Sheba brings a large quantity of spices, gold and precious stones with her Where did she come from?
From Judah to Edom - Biblical Archaeology Society According to a scholarly article published in Palestine Exploration Quarterly, the biblical “Road of Edom,” mentioned in 2 Kings 3, may have been discovered The proposal follows the recent excavation of Gorer Tower, a Judean outpost in the Judean Desert that archaeologists date to the Iron Age II period (c 1000–586 B C E ) Based on the excavation, the team, led by archaeologists from
Biblical and Historical Jordan: Sites to See Despite the name change, the city’s inhabitants remained largely Semitic and probably were never extensively Hellenized When Arab Muslims conquered the region of present-day Jordan in 634, they called the city by the name local peoples used: Amman, the modern Arabic version of ancient Ammon Thus the city became officially Semitic again
Katharina Schmidt - Biblical Archaeology Society Presenter at Spring Bible Archaeology Fest 2023 The Archaeology of the Amman Citadel in the Iron Age The Iron Age kingdom of Ammon was situated between the regional powers Israel, Judah, and Damascus but was also on the fringes of the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Empires, the first empires of ancient Near Eastern history