Am'orites

Am'orites, a powerful tribe of Canaanites, who inhabited the country north-east of the Jordan, as far as Mount Hermon. In the 13th century B.C. they defeated the Moabites, crossed the Jordan, overpowered the Hittites, and overran Canaan to the sea; but their power was broken by the great victory of the Hebrews under Joshua at Gibeon. Their two most famous kings were Sihon, king of Heshbon, and Og, king of Bashan, the last said to have been of gigantic size. The victory of Joshua did not wholly exterminate the Amorites in Canaan. The residue of this people became tributary under Solomon. Recent investigations seem to prove that they were a race akin to the Hittites.