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Ammonites

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/ ˈæməˌnaɪts /

plural noun

  1. Old Testament a nomadic tribe living east of the Jordan: a persistent enemy of the Israelites

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Ammonites were marine mollusks that somewhat resemble the present-day nautilus, although they were more closely related to squid and octopi.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 29, 2019

Those tuning in late will need to know that Jephtha has been recalled from exile to lead the Israelites into battle against the harassing, idolatrous Ammonites.

From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2017

The Ammonites humiliated the emissaries of King David by shaving their beards.

From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2011

Ammonites were an abundant marine organism that went extinct about the same time as the dinosaurs—roughly 65 million years ago.

From Science Magazine ● Jan. 6, 2011

And if Canaanites, and Midianites, and Ammonites, and Philistines had vexed them, were not Barak and Deborah, Gideon and Jephthah, Samson and Samuel, more than a match for the strongest of them all?

From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by William Garden Blaikie

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