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Deuteronomy 7:1 - When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;
Ezra 9:1 - Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
The Amorites in the Smith's Bible Dictionary
Amorite, the Amorites
(dwellers on the summits, mountaineers), one of the chief
nations who possessed the land of Canaan before its conquest by the
Israelites. As dwelling on the elevated portions of the country,
they are contrasted with the Canaanites, who were the dwellers in
the lowlands; and the two thus formed the main broad divisions of
the Holy Land, Nu 13:29 and see Gene 14:7; Deut 1:7,20
"mountain of the Amorites;" De 1:44; Jos 5:1; 10:6; 11:3
They first occupied the barren heights west of the Dead Sea, at the
place called afterwards Engedi. From this point they stretched west
to Hebron. At the date of the invasion of the country, Sihon, their
then king, had taken the rich pasture land south of the Jabbok. This
rich tract, bounded by the Jabbok on the north, the Arnon on the
south, the Jordan on the west and "the wilderness" on the east, Jud
11:21,22 was, perhaps in the most special sense the "land of the
Amorites," Nu 21:31; Jos 12:2,3; 13:10; Jud 11:21,22 but their
possessions are distinctly stated to have extended to the very foot
of Hermon, De 3:8; 4:48 embracing "Gilead and all Bashan," De 3:10
with the Jordan valley on the east of the river. De 4:49 After the
conquest of Canaan nothing of importance is heard of the Amorites in
the Bible.
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The Amorites in the Bible
Encyclopedia - ISBE
AMORITES
The name Amorite is used
in the Old Testament to denote (1) the inhabitants of Palestine
generally, (2) the population of the hills as opposed to the plain,
and (3) a specific people under a king of their own. Thus (1) we
hear of them on the west shore of the Dead Sea (Gen 14:7), at Hebron
(Gen 14:13), and Shechem (Gen 48:22), in Gilead and Bashan (Dt 3:10)
and under Hermon (Dt 3:8; 4:48). They are named instead of the
Canaanites as the inhabitants of Palestine whom the Israelites were
required to exterminate (Gen 15:16; Dt 20:17; Jdg 6:10; 1 Sam 7:14;
1 Ki 21:26; 2 Ki 21:11); the older population of Judah is called
Amorite in Josh 10:5,6, in conformity with which Ezek (16:3) states
that Jerusalem had an Amorite father; and the Gibeonites are said to
have been "of the remnant of the Amorites" (2 Sam 21:2). On the
other hand (2), in Nu 13:29 the Amorites are described as dwelling
in the mountains like the Hittites and Jebusites of Jerusalem, while
the Amalekites or Bedouins lived in the south and the Canaanites on
the seacoast and in the valley of the Jordan. Lastly (3) we hear of
Sihon, "king of the Amorites," who had conquered the northern half
of Moab (Nu 21:21-31; Dt 2:26-35).
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The Bible Mentions the "Amorites" in Many Places:
2 Samuel 21:2 - And the
king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites
[were] not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the
Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them:
and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel
and Judah.)
Numbers
32:33 - And Moses gave unto them, [even] to the children of
Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of
Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the
Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land,
with the cities thereof in the coasts, [even] the cities of the
country round about.
Joshua 5:1
- And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites,
which [were] on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of
the Canaanites, which [were] by the sea, heard that the LORD had
dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel,
until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was
there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.
Joshua
24:15 - And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD,
choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your
fathers served that [were] on the other side of the flood, or the
gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as
for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Deuteronomy 7:1 - When the LORD thy God shall bring thee
into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out
many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the
Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and
the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier
than thou;
1 Samuel
7:14 - And the cities which the Philistines had taken from
Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the
coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the
Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the
Amorites.
Joshua
10:12 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the
LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of
Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still
upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
2 Kings
21:11 - Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these
abominations, [and] hath done wickedly above all that the
Amorites did, which [were] before him, and hath made Judah
also to sin with his idols:
Exodus 13:5
- And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of
the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites,
and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers
to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt
keep this service in this month.
Numbers
21:25 - And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt
in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in
all the villages thereof.
Joshua 10:5
- Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king
of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of
Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went
up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made
war against it.
Deuteronomy 1:4 - After he had slain Sihon the king of the
Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of
Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:
1 Kings
4:19 - Geber the son of Uri [was] in the country of Gilead,
[in] the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of
Og king of Bashan; and [he was] the only officer which [was] in the
land.
Exodus 3:8
- And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the
Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land
and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place
of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites,
and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
Joshua 12:2
- Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon,
[and] ruled from Aroer, which [is] upon the bank of the river Arnon,
and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto
the river Jabbok, [which is] the border of the children of Ammon;
Nehemiah
9:8 - And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and
madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the
Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the
Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give [it, I say], to his seed,
and hast performed thy words; for thou [art] righteous:
Judges 10:8
- And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel:
eighteen years, all the children of Israel that [were] on the other
side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which [is] in
Gilead.
Judges
11:19 - And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the
Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him,
Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place.
Deuteronomy 1:7 - Turn you, and take your journey, and go to
the mount of the Amorites, and unto all [the places]
nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in
the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and
unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.
Joshua
13:21 - And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom
of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in
Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem,
and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, [which were] dukes of Sihon, dwelling in
the country.
Ezra 9:1
- Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying,
The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not
separated themselves from the people of the lands, [doing] according
to their abominations, [even] of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the
Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the
Egyptians, and the Amorites.
Judges
11:21 - And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all
his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel
possessed all the land of the Amorites, the
inhabitants of that country.
Numbers
13:29 - The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and
the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites,
dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by
the coast of Jordan.
Joshua 7:7
- And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all
brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the
Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been
content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!
Numbers
21:34 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I
have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land;
and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the
Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
Deuteronomy 3:2 - And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not:
for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy
hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of
the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
Exodus 3:17
- And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of
Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the
Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the
Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
Joshua
24:11 - And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and
the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites,
and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the
Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them
into your hand.
Joshua 24:8
- And I brought you into the land of the Amorites,
which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and
I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I
destroyed them from before you.
Deuteronomy 3:9 - ([Which] Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion;
and the Amorites call it Shenir;)