JEREMIAH—NOTE ON Jeremiah 49:1 Ammonites. People living north of Moab. Their capital was Rabbah, present-day Amman, Jordan. During Jehoiakim’s reign they raided Judah (2 Kings 24:2), and they conspired with Judah and others against Babylon during Zedekiah’s reign (Jeremiah 27:3). Milcom. Or Molech, Ammon’s chief god (1 Kings 11:5, 1 Kings 11:7). Milcom means “their king.” dispossessed Gad. In the aftermath of the Assyrian invasion of 734–732 B.C., Ammon occupied some territory belonging to the Israelite tribe Gad.

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