Judg 10:7-9, 11:12-28, 1Sa 11:1-3, 1Ch 19:1-3 | ESV | STEP | So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel , and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the Ammonites ,

Judges 10:7-9

7 So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and ^ahe sold them into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the Ammonites, 8 and they crushed and oppressed the people of Israel that year. For eighteen years they oppressed all the people of Israel who were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. 9 And the Ammonites crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah and against Benjamin and against the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was severely distressed.

Judges 11:12-28

12 Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites and said, “What do you have against me, that you have come to me to fight against my land?” 13 And the king of the Ammonites answered the messengers of Jephthah, ^b“Because Israel on coming up from Egypt took away my land, from the ^cArnon to the ^dJabbok and to the Jordan; now therefore restore it peaceably.” 14 Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites 15 and said to him, “Thus says Jephthah: ^eIsrael did not take away the land of Moab or the land of the Ammonites, 16 but when they came up from Egypt, Israel went through the wilderness ^fto the Red Sea and ^gcame to Kadesh. 17 ^hIsrael then sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ ⁱbut the king of Edom would not listen. And they sent also to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel ^jremained at Kadesh.

18 “Then they journeyed through the wilderness and ^kwent around the land of Edom and the land of Moab and ^larrived on the east side of the land of Moab and ^mcamped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the boundary of Moab. 19 ⁿIsrael then sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, king of Heshbon, and Israel said to him, ‘Please let us pass through your land to our country,’ 20 but Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory, so Sihon gathered all his people together and encamped at Jahaz and fought with Israel. 21 And the Lord, the God of Israel, gave Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they defeated them. So Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorites, who inhabited that country. 22 And they took possession of all the territory of the Amorites from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the wilderness to the Jordan. 23 So then the Lord, the God of Israel, dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel; and are you to take possession of them? 24 Will you not possess what ^oChemosh your god gives you to possess? ^pAnd all that the Lord our God has dispossessed before us, we will possess. 25 Now are you any better than ^qBalak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend against Israel, or did he ever go to war with them? 26 While Israel lived ^rin Heshbon and its villages, and ^sin Aroer and its villages, and in all the cities that are on the banks of the Arnon, 300 years, why did you not deliver them within that time? 27 I therefore have not sinned against you, and you do me wrong by making war on me. ^tThe Lord, the Judge, decide this day between the people of Israel and the people of Ammon.” 28 But the king of the Ammonites did not listen to the words of Jephthah that he sent to him.

1 Samuel 11:1-3

Saul Defeats the Ammonites

1 ^uThen Nahash the Ammonite went up and besieged ^vJabesh-gilead, and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, ^w“Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.” 2 But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “On this condition I will make a treaty with you, ^xthat I gouge out all your right eyes, and thus ^ybring disgrace on all Israel.” 3 The elders of Jabesh said to him, “Give us seven days’ respite that we may send messengers through all the territory of Israel. Then, if there is no one to save us, we will give ourselves up to you.”

1 Chronicles 19:1-3

The Ammonites Disgrace David’s Men

1 ^zNow after this Nahash the king of the Ammonites died, and his son reigned in his place. 2 And David said, “I will deal kindly with Hanun the son of Nahash, for his father dealt kindly with me.” So David sent messengers to console him concerning his father. And David’s servants came to the land of the Ammonites to Hanun to console him. 3 But the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “Do you think, because David has sent comforters to you, that he is honoring your father? Have not his servants come to you to search and to overthrow and to spy out the land?”