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, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up unto Jehovah to Mizpah? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly.

Make

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

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

An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even to the tenth generation shall none belonging to them enter into the assembly of Jehovah for ever:

And Ben-hadad'said unto him, The cities which my father took from thy father I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. And I,'said Ahab , will let thee go with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and let him go.

Will he make a covenant with thee, That thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?

Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig-tree, and drink ye every one 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;