1 Samuel 11:1

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Summary

Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.

Jabesh-gilead

1 Samuel 31:11

Judges 21:8

Make

Ezekiel 17:13

Bible References

Jabesh-gilead

And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard concerning him, that which the Philistines had done to Saul,

And they said, Which one is there of the tribes of Israel that did not come up to LORD to Mizpah? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly.

Make

And they said, We saw plainly that LORD was with thee. And we said, Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and thee. And let us make a covenant with thee,

Thou shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of LORD, even to the tenth generation none belonging to them shall enter into the assembly of LORD forever,

And [Ben-hadad] said to him, The cities which my father took from thy father I will restore, and thou shall make streets for thee in Damascus as my father made in Samaria. And I, [said Ahab], will let thee go with this covenant. So

Will he make a covenant with thee, that thou should take him for a servant forever?

Hearken not to Hezekiah. For thus says the king of Assyria, Make your peace with me, and come out to me, and eat ye everyone of his vine, and everyone of his fig tree, and drink ye everyone the waters of his own cistern,

And he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him. He also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land,