1 Samuel 11:1

New Living Translation

About a month later, King Nahash of Ammon led his army against the Israelite town of Jabesh-gilead. But all the citizens of Jabesh asked for peace. “Make a treaty with us, and we will be your servants,” they pleaded.

Cross References

Genesis 26:28

They replied, “We can plainly see that the Lord is with you. So we want to enter into a sworn treaty with you. Let’s make a covenant.

2 Samuel 10:1

Some time after this, King Nahash of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun became king.

2 Samuel 10:2

David said, “I am going to show loyalty to Hanun just as his father, Nahash, was always loyal to me.” So David sent ambassadors to express sympathy to Hanun about his father’s death. But when David’s ambassadors arrived in the land of Ammon,

2 Samuel 17:27

When David arrived at Mahanaim, he was warmly greeted by Shobi son of Nahash, who came from Rabbah of the Ammonites, and by Makir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and by Barzillai of Gilead from Rogelim.

2 Samuel 2:5

he sent them this message: “May the Lord bless you for being so loyal to your master Saul and giving him a decent burial.

1 Kings 20:34

Ben-hadad told him, “I will give back the towns my father took from your father, and you may establish places of trade in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” Then Ahab said, “I will release you under these conditions.” So they made a new treaty, and Ben-hadad was set free.

1 Chronicles 10:11

But when everyone in Jabesh-gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul,

1 Chronicles 10:12

all their mighty warriors brought the bodies of Saul and his sons back to Jabesh. Then they buried their bones beneath the great tree at Jabesh, and they fasted for seven days.

Job 41:4

Will it agree to work for you, to be your slave for life?

Exodus 23:32

“Make no treaties with them or their gods.

Isaiah 36:16

“Don’t listen to Hezekiah! These are the terms the king of Assyria is offering: Make peace with me—open the gates and come out. Then each of you can continue eating from your own grapevine and fig tree and drinking from your own well.

Jeremiah 40:11

When the Judeans in Moab, Ammon, Edom, and the other nearby countries heard that the king of Babylon had left a few people in Judah and that Gedaliah was the governor,

Jeremiah 40:14

They said to him, “Did you know that Baalis, king of Ammon, has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to assassinate you?” But Gedaliah refused to believe them.

Ezekiel 17:13

He made a treaty with a member of the royal family and forced him to take an oath of loyalty. He also exiled Israel’s most influential leaders,

Deuteronomy 23:3

“No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants for ten generations may be admitted to the assembly of the Lord.

Judges 10:7

So the Lord burned with anger against Israel, and he turned them over to the Philistines and the Ammonites,

Judges 11:4

At about this time, the Ammonites began their war against Israel.

Judges 21:8

So they asked, “Who among the tribes of Israel did not join us at Mizpah when we assembled in the presence of the Lord?” And they discovered that no one from Jabesh-gilead had attended the assembly.

1 Samuel 12:12

“But when you were afraid of Nahash, the king of Ammon, you came to me and said that you wanted a king to reign over you, even though the Lord your God was already your king.

1 Samuel 14:47

Now when Saul had secured his grasp on Israel’s throne, he fought against his enemies in every direction—against Moab, Ammon, Edom, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. And wherever he turned, he was victorious.