If he can fight me and kill me, then we will be your slaves. But if I beat him and kill him, then you'll be our slaves and work for us.”
One day Abner and Ishbosheth's men left Mahanaim and went to the town of Gibeon.
Nahash the Ammonite came with his army and besieged Jabesh-gilead. All the people of Jabesh said to him, “Make a peace treaty with us, and we will be your subjects.”
Then the Philistine said, “I mock the battle lines of Israel today! Give me a man so we can fight each other!”