AMORITES, THE

AMORITES, THE: - Descent of Ge 10:15,16; 1Ch 1:13,14 - One of the seven nations of Canaan Ge 15:21; Ex 3:8,17 - Governed by many independent kings Jos 5:1; 9:10 - Kings of, great and powerful Ps 136:18,20 - Originally inhabited a mountain district in the south Nu 13:29; De 1:7,20; Jud 1:36 - Acquired an extensive territory from Moab east of Jordan Nu 21:26,30 - Had many and strong cities Nu 32:17,33 - Of gigantic strength and stature Am 2:9 - CHARACTER OF . Profane and wicked Ge 15:16 . Idolatrous Jos 24:15 - Defeated by Chedorlaomer, Ge 14:7 - Joined Abraham against the kings Ge 14:13,24 - Jacob took a portion from Ge 48:22 - Forbearance of God towards Ge 15:16 - Doomed to utter destruction De 20:17,18 - Refused a passage to Israel Nu 21:21-23; De 2:30 - Deprived of their eastern territory by Israel Nu 21:24-35 - Land of, given to Reubenites, Jos 13:15-31 - Western kings of, confederated against Israel Jos 10:1-5 - Miraculous overthrow of Jos 10:11-14 - Kings of, degraded and slain Jos 10:24-27 - The Gibeonites a tribe of, deceived Israel into a league 2Sa 21:2,; Jos 9:3-16 - The Israelites unable to expel, but extracted tribute from Jud 1:34,35 - Had peace with Israel in the days of Samuel 1Sa 7:14 - Brought into bondage by Solomon 1Ki 9:20,21 - Ahab followed the abominations of 1Ki 21:26 - Manasseh exceeded abominations of 2Ki 21:11 - The Jews after the captivity condemned for intermarrying with Ezr 9:1,2 - Descent from, illustrative of man's natural state Eze 16:3