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He gathered to him the children of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and struck Israel, and they possessed the city of palm-trees.
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A Formidable Alliance
Commentators explain that Moab did not act alone. King Eglon formed a strategic coalition with two of Israel's long-standing enemies: the Ammonites (related to Moab) and the Amalekites (a fierce desert tribe). This alliance demonstrates the severity of the threat God allowed to rise against His disobedient people.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The children of Ammon (Bent-Ammon), almost always so spoken of from their ancestor Ben-ammi (Genesis 19:38), seem to be under the leade…
19th Century
Anglican
The children of Ammon. They were closely allied with the Moabites by affinities of race and character ([Reference Genesis 19:37-38…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he gathered to him the children of Ammon and Amalek , &c.] Either the Lord gathered them to Eglon, inclined them…
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