1 Samuel 11:1New Messianic Version BibleThen Nachash [serpent] the ‘Amoni [tribal] came up, and encamped against Yavesh-Gil’ad [Dry Hill of Testimony]: and all the men of Yavesh [dry] said unto Nachash [serpent], Make a covenant with us, and we will serve youi. See the chapter |
And [Ben-Hadad [son of the (false god) Hadad]] said unto him, The cities, which my father took from youri father, I will restore; and youi shall make streets for youi in Dammesek (Damascus) [silent is the sackcloth weaver], as my father made in Shomron [watch mountain]. Then [said Ach’av [father’s brother]], I will send youi away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.
Listen not to Hizkiyahu [Yehovah is my strength]: for thus says the king of Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known))), Make [an agreement] with me [by] a present, and come out to me: and eat you2f everyone of his vine, and everyone of his fig tree, and drink you2f everyone the waters of his own cistern;
So Sha’ul [desired] took the kingdom over Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Mo’av [Seed of my Father], and against the children of ‘Amon [Inbred], and against Edom [Red], and against the kings of Tzovah [station], and against the P’lishtim [Immigrants]: and to wherever he turned himself, he vexed [them].
Then said David [beloved], I will show kindness unto Hanun [gracious] the son of Nachash [serpent], as his father showed kindness unto me. And David [beloved] sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David’s [beloved]’s servants came into the land of the children of ‘Amon [Inbred].
And it came to pass, when David [beloved] was come to Machanayim [Two Camps], that Shovi [glorious] the son of Nachash [serpent] of Rabbah [Great] of the children of ‘Amon [Inbred], and Makhir [Sold] the son of ‘Ammi’el [my kinsman is God] [My Kinsman is God] of Lo-D’var [not a pasture], and Barzillai [my iron] the Gil’adi [Hill of Testimony] of Rogelim [place of fullers],
Likewise when all the Y’hudim (Judeans) that [were] in Mo’av [Seed of my Father], and among the ‘Amon [Inbred], and in Edom [Red], and that [were] in all the countries, heard that the king of Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion] had left a remnant of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], and that he had set over them G’dalyahu [Yehovah is great] the son of Achikam [my brother has arisen] the son of Shafan [coney];
And David [beloved] sent messengers unto the men of Yavesh-Gil’ad [Dry Hill of Testimony], and said unto them, Blessed (Favored by God; happy; prosperous) [be] you2f of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), that you2f have showed this kindness unto your lord, [even] unto Sha’ul [desired], and have buried him.