1 Samuel 11:2

New English Translation

But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “The only way I will make a treaty with you is if you let me gouge out the right eye of every one of you and in so doing humiliate all Israel!”

Cross References

Genesis 34:14

They said to them, “We cannot give our sister to a man who is not circumcised, for it would be a disgrace to us.

2 Kings 18:31

Don’t listen to Hezekiah!’ For this is what the king of Assyria says, ‘Send me a token of your submission and surrender to me. Then each of you may eat from his own vine and fig tree and drink water from his own cistern,

Psalm 44:13

You made us an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us.

Exodus 3:6

He added, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Then Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.

Proverbs 12:10

A righteous person cares for the life of his animal, but even the most compassionate acts of the wicked are cruel.

Jeremiah 39:7

Then he had Zedekiah’s eyes put out and had him bound in chains to be led off to Babylon.

Numbers 16:14

Moreover, you have not brought us into a land that flows with milk and honey, nor given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Do you think you can blind these men? We will not come up.”

Judges 16:21

The Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him in bronze chains. He became a grinder in the prison.

1 Samuel 11:10

The men of Jabesh said, “Tomorrow we will come out to you and you can do with us whatever you wish.”

1 Samuel 12:12

“When you saw that King Nahash of the Ammonites was advancing against you, you said to me, ‘No! A king will rule over us’ – even though the Lord your God is your king!

1 Samuel 17:26

David asked the men who were standing near him, “What will be done for the man who strikes down this Philistine and frees Israel from this humiliation? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he defies the armies of the living God?”