Ammonites

a Semitic race of people, living on the edge of the Syrjan Desert; according to Gen. xix; 38, the descendants of Lot, and closely akin to the Moabites. They inhabited the country lying to the N. of Moab, between the rivers Arnon and Jabbok. Their chief city was Rabbath-Ammon. The Israeli tes were often at war with them. From the name of their princes, it is evident that their language was closely akin # Hebrew. Their chief deity was Moloch.