He put his brother Abishai in charge of the rest of the army and they were deployed against the Ammonites.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Later the Moabites and Ammonites, along with some of the Meunites,<n id="1" /> attacked Jehoshaphat.

But Ishmael son of Nethaniah managed to escape from Johanan along with eight of his men, and he went on over to Ammon.p>

<p class="poetry">Yet in days to comep> <p class="poetry">I will reverse Ammon&#8217;s ill fortune.&#8221;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">says the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="2" />p>

&#8220;Son of man, turn toward<n id="1" /> the Ammonites<n id="2" /> and prophesy against them.

But when you come close to the Ammonites, do not harass or provoke them because I am not giving you any of the Ammonites&#8217; land as your possession; I have already given it to Lot&#8217;s descendants<n id="1" /> as their possession.p>

<p class="bodytext">When the Ammonites realized that David was disgusted with them,<n id="1" /> Hanun and the Ammonites sent 1,000 talents<n id="2" /> of silver to hire chariots and charioteers from Aram Naharaim, Aram Maacah, and Zobah.<n id="3" />

The younger daughter also gave birth to a son and named him Ben-Ammi.<n id="1" /> He is the ancestor of the Ammonites of today.p>

However, you did not approach the land of the Ammonites, the Wadi Jabbok,<n id="1" /> the cities of the hill country, or any place else forbidden by the <sc>Lordsc> our God.p>

To the Reubenites and Gadites I allocated the territory extending from Gilead as far as Wadi Arnon (the exact middle of the wadi was a boundary) all the way to the Wadi Jabbok, the Ammonite border.

Their territory included Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half of Ammonite territory<n id="1" /> as far as Aroer near<n id="2" /> Rabbah.

Eglon formed alliances with<n id="1" /> the Ammonites and Amalekites. He came and defeated Israel, and they seized the City of Date Palm Trees.

The Ammonites crossed the Jordan to fight with Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim.<n id="1" /> Israel suffered greatly.<n id="2" />p>

The <sc>Lordsc> said to the Israelites, &#8220;Did I not deliver you from Egypt, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines,

When the Ammonites attacked,<n id="1" /> the leaders<n id="2" /> of Gilead asked Jephthah to come back<n id="3" /> from the land of Tob.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Jephthah sent messengers to the Ammonite king, saying, &#8220;Why have<n id="1" /> you come against me to attack my land?&#8221;

and said to him, &#8220;This is what Jephthah says, &#8216;Israel did not steal<n id="1" /> the land of Moab and the land of the Ammonites.

then whoever is the first to come through<n id="1" /> the doors of my house to meet me when I return safely from fighting the Ammonites &#8211; he<n id="2" /> will belong to the <sc>Lordsc> and<n id="3" /> I will offer him up as a burnt sacrifice.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Jephthah said to them, &#8220;My people and I were entangled in controversy with the Ammonites.<n id="1" /> I asked for your help, but you did not deliver me from their power.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;When you saw that King Nahash of the Ammonites was advancing against you, you said to me, &#8216;No! A king will rule over us&#8217; &#8211; even though the <sc>Lordsc> your God is your king!