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Lexicon :: Strong's H5983 - ʿammôn

Aa
עַמּוֹן
Transliteration
ʿammôn
Pronunciation
am-mone'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1642

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: עמון.

Strong’s Definitions

עַמּוֹן ʻAmmôwn, am-mone'; from H5971; tribal, i.e. inbred; Ammon, a son of Lot; also his posterity and their country:—Ammon, Ammonites.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 105x

The KJV translates Strong's H5983 in the following manner: Ammon (90x), Ammonites (with H1121) (13x), Ammonites (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 105x
The KJV translates Strong's H5983 in the following manner: Ammon (90x), Ammonites (with H1121) (13x), Ammonites (2x).

  1. Ammon = "tribal"

    1. a people dwelling in Transjordan descended from Lot through Ben-ammi

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עַמּוֹן ʻAmmôwn, am-mone'; from H5971; tribal, i.e. inbred; Ammon, a son of Lot; also his posterity and their country:—Ammon, Ammonites.
STRONGS H5983: Abbreviations
עַמּוֹן 106 proper name, of a people Ammon, Greek Version of the LXX Αμμαν, Αμμων (Assyrian Bît Ammanu COTGlossary); always (except 1 Samuel 11:11 [where however Greek Version of the LXX reads בְּנֵי ע׳], Psalm 83:8, which have ע׳ alone) בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן, connected by J with בֶּןעַֿמִּי son of Lot Genesis 19:38 (and meaning of name doubtless sought herein by J; compare II. עַם); people apparently akin to Israel, but usually hostile, dwelling east of Jordan, northeast of Moab, between Arnon and Jabbok: Numbers 21:24 (twice in verse) (JE), Deuteronomy 2:19 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 2:37; Deuteronomy 3:11, 16; Joshua 12:2; Joshua 13:10 (D), Joshua 13:25 (P), Judges 3:13; Judges 10:6 + 25 times Judges 10-12, 1 Samuel 11:11; 1 Samuel 12:12; 1 Samuel 14:47; 2 Samuel 8:12; 2 Samuel 10:1 + 14 times 2 Samuel 10-12; 2 Samuel 17:27; 1 Kings 11:7, 33; 2 Kings 23:13; 2 Kings 24:2; 1 Chronicles 18:11 + 20 times Chronicles, Amos 1:13; Isaiah 11:14; Jeremiah 9:25 + 9 times Jeremiah, Zephaniah 2:8, 9; Ezekiel 21:25; Ezekiel 21:33 + 5 times Ezekiel 25; Daniel 11:41. — See CheAmmon in Ency. Bib.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

19:38

Numbers

21:24

Deuteronomy

2:19; 2:37; 3:11; 3:16

Joshua

12:2; 13:10; 13:25

Judges

3:13; 10; 10:6; 11; 12

1 Samuel

11:11; 11:11; 12:12; 14:47

2 Samuel

8:12; 10; 10:1; 11; 12; 17:27

1 Kings

11:7; 11:33

2 Kings

23:13; 24:2

1 Chronicles

18:11

Psalms

83:8

Isaiah

11:14

Jeremiah

9:25

Ezekiel

21:25; 25

Daniel

11:41

Amos

1:13

Zephaniah

2:8; 2:9

H5983

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Strong's Number H5983 matches the Hebrew עַמּוֹן (ʿammôn),
which occurs 106 times in 98 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 19:38–2Sa 11:1)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:38 - As for the younger H6810, she also H1571 gave H3205 birth H3205 to a son H1121, and named H7121 H8034 him Ben-ammi H1151; he is the father H1 of [fn]the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 to this day H3117.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:24 - Then Israel H3478 struck H5221 him with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719, and took H3423 possession H3423 of his land H776 from the Arnon H769 to the Jabbok H2999, as far H5704 as the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983; for the border H1366 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 was [fn]Jazer H3270.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:19 - ‘When you come H7126 opposite H4136 the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983, do not attack H6696 them nor H408 provoke H1624 them, for I will not give H5414 you any H4480 of the land H776 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 as a possession H3425, because H3588 I have given H5414 it to the sons H1121 of Lot H3876 as a possession H3425.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:37 - “Only H7534 you did not go H7126 near H7126 the land H776 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983, all H3605 along H3027 the [fn]river H5158 Jabbok H2999 and the cities H5892 of the hill H2022 country H2022, and wherever H3605 H834 the LORD H3068 our God H430 had commanded H6680 us to avoid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:11 - (For only H7534 Og H5747 king H4428 of Bashan H1316 was left H7604 of the remnant H3499 of the Rephaim H7497. Behold H2009, his [fn]bed H6210 was a [fn]bed H6210 of iron H1270; it is in Rabbah H7237 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983. Its length H753 was nine H8672 cubits H520, and its width H7341 four H702 cubits H520 by [fn]the usual H376 cubit H520.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:16 - “To the Reubenites H7206 and the Gadites H1425 I gave H5414 from Gilead H1568 even as far H5704 as the [fn]Valley H5158 of Arnon H769, the middle H8432 of the [fn]valley H5158 [fn]as a border H1366, and as far H5704 as the [fn]river H5158 Jabbok H2999, the border H1366 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:2 - Sihon H5511 king H4428 of the Amorites H567, who lived H3427 in Heshbon H2809 and ruled H4910 from Aroer H6177, which H834 is on the edge H8193 of the Valley H5158 of the Arnon H769, both the middle H8432 of the valley H5158 and half H2677 of Gilead H1568, even as far H5704 as the brook H5158 Jabbok H2999, the border H1366 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:10 - and all H3605 the cities H5892 of Sihon H5511 king H4428 of the Amorites H567, who H834 reigned H4427 in Heshbon H2809, as far H5704 as the border H1366 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:25 - Their territory H1366 was Jazer H3270 and all H3605 the cities H5892 of Gilead H1568, and half H2677 the land H776 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983, as far H5704 as Aroer H6177 which H834 is opposite H5921 H6440 Rabbah H7237;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:13 - And he gathered H622 to himself the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 and Amalek H6002; and he went H1980 and [fn]defeated H5221 Israel H3478, and they took H3423 possession H3423 of the city H5892 of the palm H8558 trees H8558.

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Then the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 again H3254 did H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068, and they served H5647 the Baals H1168 and the Ashtaroth H6252, the gods H430 of Aram H758, the gods H430 of Sidon H6721, the gods H430 of Moab H4124, the gods H430 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983, and the gods H430 of the Philistines H6430; so they abandoned H5800 the LORD H3068 and did not serve H5647 Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:7 - And the anger H639 of the LORD H3068 burned H2734 against Israel H3478, and He sold H4376 them into the hands H3027 of the Philistines H6430, and into the hands H3027 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:9 - And the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 crossed H5674 the Jordan H3383 to fight H3898 also H1571 against Judah H3063, Benjamin H1144, and the house H1004 of Ephraim H669, so that Israel H3478 was H6887 in H6887 great H3966 difficulty H6887.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:11 - And the LORD H3068 said H559 to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, “Did I not save you from the Egyptians H4714, the Amorites H567, the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983, and the Philistines H6430?

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Then the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 were summoned H6817, and they camped H2583 in Gilead H1568. And the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 gathered H622 together and camped H2583 in Mizpah H4709.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:18 - And the people H5971, the leaders H8269 of Gilead H1568, said H559 to one H376 another H7453, “Who H4310 is the man H376 who H834 will begin H2490 to fight H3898 against the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983? He shall become H1961 head H7218 over all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of Gilead H1568.”

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Now it came H1961 about H1961, after H4480 a while H3117, that the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 fought H3898 against H5973 Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:5 - When H834 the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 fought H3898 against H5973 Israel H3478, the elders H2205 of Gilead H1568 went H1980 to get H3947 Jephthah H3316 from the land H776 of Tob H2897;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:6 - and they said H559 to Jephthah H3316, “Come H1980 and be our leader H7101, that we may fight H3898 against the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:8 - The elders H2205 of Gilead H1568 said H559 to Jephthah H3316, “For this H3651 reason H3651 we have now H6258 returned H7725 to you, that you may go H1980 with us and fight H3898 the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983, and become H1961 our head H7218 over all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of Gilead H1568.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:9 - So Jephthah H3316 said H559 to the elders H2205 of Gilead H1568, “If H518 you bring H7725 me back H7725 to fight H3898 against the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 and the LORD H3068 gives H5414 them up H5414 [fn]to me, will I become H1961 your head H7218?”

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So Jephthah H3316 sent H7971 messengers H4397 to the king H4428 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983, saying H559, “What H4100 conflict do you and I have, that you have come H935 to me to fight H3898 against my land H776?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:13 - And the king H4428 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 said H559 to the messengers H4397 of Jephthah H3316, “It is because H3588 Israel H3478 took H3947 my land H776 when they came H5927 up H5927 from Egypt H4714, from the Arnon H769 as far H5704 as the Jabbok H2999 and the Jordan H3383; so return H7725 them peaceably H7965 now H6258.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:14 - But Jephthah H3316 sent H7971 messengers H4397 once H5750 again H3254 to the king H4428 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:15 - and they said H559 to him, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 Jephthah H3316 says H559: ‘Israel H3478 did not take H3947 the land H776 of Moab H4124 nor H3808 the land H776 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:27 - ‘So I have not sinned H2398 against you, but you are doing H6213 me wrong H7451 by making H3898 war H3898 against me. May the LORD H3068, the Judge H8199, judge H8199 today H3117 between H996 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 and the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:28 - But the king H4428 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 [fn]disregarded H3808 H8085 the message H1697 which H834 Jephthah H3316 sent H7971 him.

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Now the Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 upon Jephthah H3316, and he passed H5674 through H5674 Gilead H1568 and Manasseh H4519; then he passed H5674 through H5674 Mizpah H4708 of Gilead H1568, and from Mizpah H4708 of Gilead H1568 he went H5674 on H5674 to the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:30 - And Jephthah H3316 made H5087 a vow H5088 to the LORD H3068 and said H559, “If H518 You will indeed H5414 hand H5414 H3027 over H5414 to me the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:31 - then whatever H834 comes H3318 out H3318 the doors H1817 of my house H1004 to meet H7122 me when I return H7725 [fn]safely H7965 from the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983, it shall be the LORD’S H3068, and I will offer H5927 it up H5927 as a burnt H5930 offering H5930.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:32 - So Jephthah H3316 crossed H5674 over H5674 to the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 to fight H3898 against them; and the LORD H3068 handed H5414 H3027 them over H5414 to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:33 - He [fn]inflicted H5221 a very H3966 great H1419 defeat H4347 on them from Aroer H6177 [fn]to the entrance H935 of Minnith H4511, twenty H6242 cities H5892, and as far H5704 as Abel-keramim H64. So the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 were subdued H3665 before H4480 H6440 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:36 - So she said H559 to him, “My father H1, you have [fn]given H6475 your word H6310 to the LORD H3068; do H6213 to me just H834 as H834 [fn]you have said H3318 H4480 H6310, since H310 H834 the LORD H3068 has brought H6213 you vengeance H5360 on your enemies H340, the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983.”

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Now the men H376 of Ephraim H669 were summoned H6817, and they crossed H5674 [fn]to Zaphon H6829; and they said H559 to Jephthah H3316, “Why H4069 did you cross H5674 over H5674 to fight H3898 against the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 without H3808 calling H7121 us to go H1980 with you? We will burn H8313 H784 your house H1004 down H8313 on you!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:2 - So Jephthah H3316 said H559 to them, “I and my people H5971 were in a major H3966 dispute H7379 with the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983; and I did call H2199 you, but you did not save H3467 me from their hand H3027.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:3 - “When I saw H7200 that you were no H369 deliverer H3467, I [fn]took H7760 my life H5315 in my hands H3709 and crossed H5674 over H5674 against H413 the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983, and the LORD H3068 handed H5414 H3027 them over H5414 to me. Why H4100 then have you come H5927 up H5927 to me this H2088 day H3117 to fight H3898 against me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:11 - The next H4283 morning H4283 Saul H7586 put H7760 the people H5971 in three H7969 companies H7218; and they came H935 into the midst H8432 of the camp H4264 at the morning H1242 watch H821, and struck H5221 and H5221 killed H5221 the Ammonites H5983 until H5704 the heat H2527 of the day H3117. And those who survived H7604 scattered H6327, so that no H3808 two H8147 of them were left H7604 together H3162.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:12 - “But when you saw H7200 that Nahash H5176 the king H4428 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 was coming H935 against H5921 you, you said H559 to me, ‘No H3808, but a king H4428 shall reign H4427 over H5921 us!’ Yet the LORD H3068 your God H430 was your king H4428.

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Now when Saul H7586 had taken H3920 control H3920 of the kingdom H4410 over H5921 Israel H3478, he fought H3898 against all H3605 his enemies H340 on every H5439 side H5439, against Moab H4124, the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983, Edom H123, the kings H4428 of Zobah H6678, and the Philistines H6430; and wherever H3605 H834 he turned H6437, he [fn]inflicted H7561 punishment H7561.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:12 - from [fn]Aram H758, Moab H4124, the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983, the Philistines H6430, Amalek H6002, and from the spoils H7998 of Hadadezer H1909, son H1121 of Rehob H7340, king H4428 of Zobah H6678.

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Now it happened H1961 afterward H310 H3651 that the king H4428 of the Ammonites H1121 H5983 died H4191, and his son H1121 Hanun H2586 became H4427 king H4427 in H8478 his place H8478.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:2 - Then David H1732 said H559, “I will show H6213 kindness H2617 to Hanun H2586 the son H1121 of Nahash H5176, just H834 as H834 his father H1 showed H6213 kindness H2617 to me.” So David H1732 sent H7971 [fn]some H3027 of his servants H5650 to console H5162 him about H413 his father H1. But when David’s H1732 servants H5650 came H935 to the land H776 of the Ammonites H1121 H5983,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:3 - the commanders H8269 of the Ammonites H1121 H5983 said H559 to their lord H113 Hanun H2586, “[fn]Do you think H5869 that David H1732 is simply honoring H3513 your father H1 since H3588 he has sent H7971 you servants [fn]to console H5162 you? Has David H1732 not sent H7971 his servants H5650 to you in order H5668 to explore H2713 the city H5892, to spy H7270 it out H7270 and overthrow H2015 it?”

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Now when the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 saw H7200 that they had become H887 repulsive H887 to David H1732, the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 sent H7971 messengers and hired H7936 the Arameans H758 of Beth-rehob H1050 and the Arameans H758 of Zobah H6678, twenty H6242 thousand H505 foot H7273 soldiers H7273, and the king H4428 of Maacah H4601 with a thousand H505 men H376, and the men H382 of H382 Tob H382 with twelve H8147 H6240 thousand H505 men H376.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:8 - And the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 came H3318 out H3318 and lined H6186 up H6186 for battle H4421 at the entrance H6607 of the [fn]city H8179, while the Arameans H758 of Zobah H6678 and of Rehob H7340 and the men H382 of H382 Tob H382 and Maacah H4601 were stationed by H905 themselves H905 in the field H7704.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:10 - But the remainder H3499 of the people H5971 he placed H5414 [fn]under the command H3027 of his brother H251 Abishai H52, and he lined H6186 them up H6186 against H7122 the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:11 - And he said H559, “If H518 the Arameans H758 are too H4480 strong H2388 for me, then you shall help H3444 me; but if H518 the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 are too H4480 strong H2388 for you, then I will come H1980 to help H3467 you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:14 - When the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 saw H7200 that the Arameans H758 had fled H5127, they also fled H5127 from Abishai H52 and entered H935 the city H5892. Then Joab H3097 returned H7725 from fighting against H5921 the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 and came H935 to Jerusalem H3389.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:19 - When all H3605 the kings H4428, servants H5650 of Hadadezer H1909, saw H7200 that they had been [fn]defeated H5062 by Israel H3478, they made H7999 peace H7999 with Israel H3478 and served H5647 them. So the Arameans H758 were H3372 afraid H3372 to help H3467 the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 anymore H5750.

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Then it happened H1961 [fn]in the spring H8666, at the time H6256 when kings H4428 go H3318 out H3318 to battle, that David H1732 sent H7971 Joab H3097 and his servants H5650 with him and all H3605 Israel H3478, and they brought H7843 destruction H7843 on the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 and besieged H6696 H5921 Rabbah H7237. But David H1732 stayed H3427 in Jerusalem H3389.


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