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  1. c. 1150 BCJephthah defeats the Ammonites from Aroer to Minnith Judg 11:32–33
    Jephthah and Gilead against the children of Ammon. Twenty cities are smitten with a very great slaughter; Ammon is subdued.

Verses (2)

Josh 13:25
And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;
Judg 11:33
And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.

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