암몬 족속 은
Lot 의 두 아들 중 하나인
벤암미 의 후손들로 이뤄진 민족이다. (나머지 한 아들은
모압 으로 이들의 후손은
Moabites 이다.)
시조
Abraham 의 조카
Lot 이 두 딸과 함께
소돔 에서 탈출할 때, 그의 아내는 소금기둥이 되었고 세 가족만 남게 되었다. 이에, 결혼하여 후손을 이을 수 없게 될 것을 걱정한
Lot 의 두 딸은 차례로 아버지
Lot 에게 술을 먹여 취하게 한 뒤 동침을 하여 자식을 낳았는데, 그들이 바로
모압 과
벤암미 이다. 이중
벤암미 가 바로 암몬 족속의 시조가 된다.
30 Lot went up out of Zoar , and lived in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he was afraid to live in Zoar. He lived in a cave with his two daughters.
31 The firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in to us in the way of all the earth.
32 Come, let’s make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve our father’s family line.”
33 They made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father. He didn’t know when she lay down, nor when she arose.
34 It came to pass on the next day, that the firstborn said to the younger, “Behold, I lay last night with my father. Let’s make him drink wine again tonight. You go in, and lie with him, that we may preserve our father’s family line.”
35 They made their father drink wine that night also. The younger went and lay with him. He didn’t know when she lay down, nor when she got up.
36 Thus both of Lot ’s daughters were with child by their father.
37 The firstborn bore a son, and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites to this day.
38 The younger also bore a son, and called his name Ben Ammi. He is the father of the children of Ammon to this day.
이들이 거주하던 지역은
Arnon 강에서
Jabbok 강 까지이며, 중심도시는
랍바 이다. <ref>로마시대에는
필라델피아 로 불리웠으며, 현재 요르단의 수도인 암만이다. </ref>
성격이 호전적이며 잔인하다. 원수의 눈을 빼는 일과 잉태한 여인의 배를 가르는 일을 했다고 성경에는 기록되었다.
2 Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “On this condition I will make it with you, that all your right eyes be gouged out. I will make this dishonor all Israel .”
13 Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead , that they may enlarge their border.
이들은
몰록 신을 섬겼으며,
Solomon 은 암몬 사람 왕비를 위해 몰록 신 산당을 짔기도 했는데, 이 여인이 바로
나아마 이며,
Rehoboam 의 어머니다.
7 Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on the mountain that is before Jerusalem , and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.
21 Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem , the city which Yahweh had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel , to put his name there. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
히브리 백성과의 관계
시조가
Abraham 의 조카
Lot 으로부터 시작되다보니, 히브리 백성의 형제 관계로 인식되었다.
16 So, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
17 Yahweh spoke to me, saying,
18 “You are to pass over Ar , the border of Moab, today.
19 When you come near the border of the children of Ammon, don’t bother them, nor contend with them; for I will not give you any of the land of the children of Ammon for a possession, because I have given it to the children of Lot for a possession.”
하지만 그럼에도, 암몬 족속은 출애굽 당시의 히브리 백성들에게 길을 내어주지 않았고, 그런 이유로 여호와의 총회에 들어오는 것이 허락되지 않았다.
4 because they didn’t meet you with bread and with water on the way when you came out of Egypt , and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia , to curse you.
이들은 지속적으로 이스라엘을 괴롭혔다.
사사시대 에 이들은
Moabites 의
에글론 왕과 동맹을 맺고 여러차례 이스라엘을 공격하였으며,
Judge 에훗 에 의해 탈환되기 전까지
Jericho 를 18년 동안 점령하기도 하였다.
12 The children of Israel again did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and Yahweh strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight.
13 He gathered the children of Ammon and Amalek to himself; and he went and struck Israel , and they possessed the city of palm trees.
14 The children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
15 But when the children of Israel cried to Yahweh, Yahweh raised up a savior for them: Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man. The children of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab.
16 Ehud made himself a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he wore it under his clothing on his right thigh.
17 He offered the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.
18 When Ehud had finished offering the tribute, he sent away the people who carried the tribute.
19 But he himself turned back from the stone idols that were by Gilgal , and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” The king said, “Keep silence!” All who stood by him left him.
20 Ehud came to him; and he was sitting by himself alone in the cool upper room. Ehud said, “I have a message from God to you.” He arose out of his seat.
21 Ehud put out his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body.
22 The handle also went in after the blade; and the fat closed on the blade, for he didn’t draw the sword out of his body; and it came out behind.
23 Then Ehud went out onto the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room on him, and locked them.
24 After he had gone, his servants came and saw that the doors of the upper room were locked. They said, “Surely he is covering his feet in the upper room.”
25 They waited until they were ashamed; and behold, he didn’t open the doors of the upper room. Therefore they took the key and opened them, and behold, their lord had fallen down dead on the floor.
26 Ehud escaped while they waited, passed beyond the stone idols, and escaped to Seirah .
27 When he had come, he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim ; and the children of Israel went down with him from the hill country, and he led them.
28 He said to them, “Follow me; for Yahweh has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” They followed him, and took the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and didn’t allow any man to pass over.
29 They struck at that time about ten thousand men of Moab, every strong man and every man of valor. No man escaped.
30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel . Then the land had rest eighty years.
이들은 다시 사사
Jephthah 시기에 공격했으며,
사울 왕 이후에도 지속적으로 이스라엘을 괴롭혔기 때문에 여러 선지서에서도 하나님은 특별히
Ammonites 에 대한 심판을 계속해서 말씀하신다.
각 주
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