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  1. Member of an ancient Semitic people, 
  2. mentioned in the Old Testament or Jewish
  3. Bible, who lived to the NW of the Dead Sea.
  4. Their capital was Amman, in present-day
  5. Jordan. Worshippers of Moloch, to whom they
  6. offered human sacrifices, they were
  7. frequently at war with the Israelites.
  8.