1 Samuel 11:1

New Century Version

About a month later Nahash the Ammonite and his army surrounded the city of Jabesh in Gilead. All the people of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”

Cross References

Genesis 26:28

They answered, “Now we know that the Lord is with you. Let us swear an oath to each other. Let us make an agreement with you

2 Samuel 10:1

When Nahash king of the Ammonites died, his son Hanun became king after him.

2 Samuel 10:2

David said, “Nahash was loyal to me, so I will be loyal to his son Hanun.” So David sent his messengers to comfort Hanun about his father’s death. David’s officers went to the land of the Ammonites.

2 Samuel 17:27

Shobi, Makir, and Barzillai were at Mahanaim when David arrived. Shobi son of Nahash was from the Ammonite town of Rabbah. Makir son of Ammiel was from Lo Debar, and Barzillai was from Rogelim in Gilead.

2 Samuel 2:5

So David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh Gilead and said to them, “The Lord bless you. You have shown loyalty to your master Saul by burying him.

1 Kings 20:34

Ben-Hadad said to him, “Ahab, I will give you back the cities my father took from your father. And you may put shops in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” Ahab said, “If you agree to this, I will allow you to go free.” So the two kings made a peace agreement. Then Ahab let Ben-Hadad go free.

1 Chronicles 10:11

All the people in Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul.

1 Chronicles 10:12

So the brave men of Jabesh went and got the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. They buried their bones under the large tree in Jabesh. Then the people of Jabesh fasted for seven days.

Job 41:4

Will it make an agreement with you and let you take it as your slave for life?

Exodus 23:32

You must not make an agreement with those people or with their gods.

Isaiah 36:16

“Don’t listen to Hezekiah. The king of Assyria says, ‘Make peace with me, and come out of the city to me. Then everyone will be free to eat the fruit from his own grapevine and fig tree and to drink water from his own well.

Jeremiah 40:11

The Jews in Moab, Ammon, Edom, and other countries also heard that the king of Babylon had left a few Jews alive in the land. And they heard the king of Babylon had chosen Gedaliah as governor over them. (Gedaliah was the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan.)

Jeremiah 40:14

They said to him, “Don’t you know that Baalis king of the Ammonite people wants you dead? He has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to kill you.” But Gedaliah son of Ahikam did not believe them.

Ezekiel 17:13

Then he took a member of the family of the king of Judah and made an agreement with him, forcing him to take an oath. The king also took away the leaders of Judah

Deuteronomy 23:3

No Ammonite or Moabite may come into the meeting to worship the Lord, and none of their descendants for ten generations may come in.

Judges 10:7

So the Lord was angry with them and handed them over to the Philistines and the Ammonites.

Judges 11:4

After a time the Ammonites fought against Israel.

Judges 21:8

Then they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel did not come here to Mizpah?” They found that no one from the city of Jabesh Gilead had come.

1 Samuel 12:12

But when you saw Nahash king of the Ammonites coming against you, you said, ‘No! We want a king to rule over us!’—even though the Lord your God was your king.

1 Samuel 14:47

When Saul became king over Israel, he fought against Israel’s enemies all around. He fought Moab, the Ammonites, Edom, the king of Zobah, and the Philistines. Everywhere Saul went he defeated Israel’s enemies.