and why are they resolved not to come and meet me, more so than all the inhabitants of the west?"
Then Achior, the captain of all the sons of Ammon, said,
"Let my lord now hear a word from the mouth of your servant and I will declare to you the truth concerning this people, who dwell near you and inhabit the hill countries, and no lie will come out of the mouth of your servant.
This people is descended from the Chaldeans, and they resided temporarily and until recently in Mesopotamia, because they would not follow the gods of their fathers, who were in the land of Chaldea.