Ammon (; ; ) was a
Semitic kingdom from the
Bronze Age period occupying the east of the
Jordan River, between the torrent valleys of
Arnon and
Jabbok, in present-day
Jordan. The chief city of the country was
Rabbah or
Rabbath Ammon, site of the modern city of
Amman, Jordan's capital.
Milcom and
Molech (who may be one and the same) are named in the
Hebrew Bible as the gods of Ammon. The people of this kingdom are called "
Children of Ammon" or "
Ammonites".