How many times is Ammonites mentioned in the Bible?
The word Ammonites appears 23 times in the King James Version, in 22 verses. Counting every form (Ammonites, Ammonite, Ammon), it appears 123 times in 114 verses across 20 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses Ammonites 8 times (122 with every form).
Ammonites in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of Ammonites counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonites | 23 | 8 |
| Ammonite | 9 | 8 |
| Ammon | 91 | 106 |
| Total | 123 | 122 |
Which books mention Ammonites most
Ammonites appears in 20 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Judges has the most (27), then 2 Samuel (18) and 1 Chronicles (15).
Also in: Ezra (1), Psalms (1), Isaiah (1), Daniel (1), Amos (1).
First and last mention of Ammonites
And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
The verse that uses it most is 2 Chronicles 27:5, 3 times:
He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third.
Where the two translations differ
1 verse matches in the KJV but not in the World English Bible, and 0 verses match only in the World English Bible, usually because the other translation chose a different word there.
Nehemiah 2:19: counted in the KJV only
But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammontite servant, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they ridiculed us, and despised us, and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?”
Common questions
How many times is Ammonites in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 123 of the 123 uses are in the Old Testament and 0 in the New Testament. Ammonites appears in 20 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Judges has the most (27), then 2 Samuel (18) and 1 Chronicles (15).
Where is Ammonites first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Genesis 19:38: "And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day." The last is Zephaniah 2:9.
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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-22.