This is what the Lord says: “The people of Ammon have sinned again and again, and I will not let them go unpunished! When they attacked Gilead to extend their borders, they ripped open pregnant women with their swords.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Ammon - Those who receive their existence under circumstances in any way similar to those of the first ancestors of Moab and Ammon are known…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

CURSE ON AMMON.

Ammon.—See article in Smith’s Dictionary of the Bible. The precise event of atroci…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

He now prophesies against the Ammonites, who also derived their origin from the same common stock, for they were the descendants of Lot, as it is w…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Thus says the Lord, for three transgressions of the children
of Ammon
These are the d…