They replied, ‘We have clearly seen how the Lord has been with you. We think there should be an oath between two parties #– #between us and you. Let us make a covenant with you:
1 Samuel 11:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Nahash , the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, ‘Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.’ Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition AND NAHASH the Ammonite went up and besieged Jabesh-gilead; and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you. American Standard Version (1901) Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee. Common English Bible About a month later, Nahash the Ammonite went up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a treaty with us, and we’ll be your servants.” Catholic Public Domain Version And, about a month afterward, it happened that Nahash the Ammonite ascended and began to fight against Jabesh Gilead. And all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, "Consider a pact with us, and we will serve you." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And it came to pass about a month after this that Naas, the Ammonite came up, and began to fight against Jabes Galaad. And all the men of Jabes said to Naas: Make a covenant with us; and we will serve thee. |
They replied, ‘We have clearly seen how the Lord has been with you. We think there should be an oath between two parties #– #between us and you. Let us make a covenant with you:
Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun became king in his place.
Then David said, ‘I’ll show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.’ So David sent his emissaries to console Hanun concerning his father. However, when they arrived in the land of the Ammonites,
When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim
David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead and said to them, ‘The Lord bless you because you have shown this kindness to Saul your lord when you buried him.
Then Ben-hadad said to him, ‘I restore to you the cities that my father took from your father, and you may set up marketplaces for yourself in Damascus, like my father set up in Samaria.’ Ahab responded, ‘On the basis of this treaty, I release you.’ So he made a treaty with him and released him.
When all Jabesh-gilead heard of everything the Philistines had done to Saul,
all their brave men set out and retrieved the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons and brought them to Jabesh. They buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted for seven days.
Will he make a covenant with you so that you can take him as a slave for ever?
Don’t listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: ‘Make peace with me and surrender to me. Then every one of you may eat from his own vine and his own fig tree and drink water from his own cistern
When all the Judeans in Moab and among the Ammonites and in Edom and in all the other lands also heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judah and had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, over them,
and warned him, ‘Don’t you realise that Baalis, king of the Ammonites, has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to kill you? ’ But Gedaliah son of Ahikam would not believe them.
He took one of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he took away the leading men of the land,
No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the Lord’s assembly; none of their descendants, even to the tenth generation, may ever enter the Lord’s assembly.
So the Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and he sold them to the Philistines and the Ammonites.
They asked, ‘Which city among the tribes of Israel didn’t come to the Lord at Mizpah? ’ It turned out that no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp and the assembly.
But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was coming against you, you said to me, “No, we must have a king reign over us” #– #even though the Lord your God is your king.
When Saul assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies in every direction: against Moab, the Ammonites, Edom, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he caused havoc.