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Ammishaddai

Fausset's Bible Dictionary (1878)· Public Domain

Num 1:12; Num 7:66. One of the few names compounded with the ancient name of God, Shaddai.

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Ammishaddai

Ammishaddai am-i-shad'-i, am-i-shad-a'-i (`ammishadday, "Shaddai is my kinsman"): The father of Ahiezer, a Danite captain or "head of his fathers' house," during the wilderness journey (Nu 1:12; 2:25, etc.). ⇒See a list of verses on AMMISHADDAI in the Bible. ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible on Ammishaddai

A Danite, father of Ahiezer (see art.), Nul"2»7*'-" 10" (P). AMMIZABAD (i?!"?!! 'kinsman for, my people) has made a present'). — Son of Benaiah, for whom he appears at times to have officiated ; but the statement in the only passage (1 Ch 27') where he is mentioned is obscure. G. B. Gray. AMMON, AMMONITES Cpril, r^r'!? ; in the inscriptions, Htt-Amm.ln). — A people occupj'ing territory east of tlie Jordan, between the Arnon on the south and the Jabbok on the north. The land lying farther to the south, separated from them Dy the Arnon, was the possession of the Moabites. Before the arrival of the Israelites at the plains of Moab, the Ammonites had been driven back from the Jordan banks by an Amorite tribe from the west under Sihon. These Amorites estab- lished a kingdom, carved out of the Ammonite terri- tories, with Heshbon as their capital. In this way a strip of land along the eastern bank of the nver, varying in breadth from 20 to 30 miles, ceased to be regarded as belonging to the Ammonites, and was assigned to the transjordanic tribes of Reuben and Gad. The original territories…

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  6. Fausset, A.R. (1878) Fausset's Bible Dictionary. [Public Domain]A Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopaedia

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