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Verse 1

Then Nahash{H5176} the Ammonite{H5984} came up,{H5927} and encamped{H2583} against Jabesh-gilead:{H3003} and all the men{H582} of Jabesh{H3003} said{H559} unto Nahash,{H5176} Make{H3772} a covenant{H1285} with us, and we will serve{H5647} thee.

Referenced Verses

Judg 21:8 : 8 And they said,{H559} What one{H259} is there of the tribes{H7626} of Israel{H3478} that came not up{H5927} unto Jehovah{H3068} to Mizpah?{H4709} And, behold, there came{H935} none{H376} to the camp{H4264} from Jabesh-gilead{H3003} to the assembly.{H6951}
1 Sam 12:12 : 12 And when ye saw{H7200} that Nahash{H5176} the king{H4428} of the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} came{H935} against you, ye said{H559} unto me, Nay, but a king{H4428} shall reign{H4427} over us; when Jehovah{H3068} your God{H430} was your king.{H4428}
1 Kgs 20:34 : 34 And [Ben-hadad] said{H559} unto him, The cities{H5892} which my father{H1} took{H3947} from thy father{H1} I will restore;{H7725} and thou shalt make{H7760} streets{H2351} for thee in Damascus,{H1834} as my father{H1} made{H7760} in Samaria.{H8111} And I, [said Ahab], will let thee go{H7971} with this covenant.{H1285} So he made{H3772} a covenant{H1285} with him, and let him go.{H7971}
Ezek 17:13 : 13 and he took{H3947} of the seed{H2233} royal,{H4410} and made{H3772} a covenant{H1285} with him; he also brought{H935} him under an oath,{H423} and took{H935} away the mighty{H352} of the land;{H776}
Gen 26:28 : 28 And they said,{H559} We saw{H7200} plainly{H7200} that Jehovah{H3068} was with thee: and we said,{H559} Let there now be an oath{H423} betwixt{H996} us, even betwixt{H996} us and thee, and let us make{H3772} a covenant{H1285} with thee,
Exod 23:32 : 32 Thou shalt make{H3772} no covenant{H1285} with them, nor with their gods.{H430}
Job 41:4 : 4 Will he make{H3772} a covenant{H1285} with thee, That thou shouldest take{H3947} him for a servant{H5650} for ever?{H5769}
Isa 36:16 : 16 Hearken{H8085} not to Hezekiah:{H2396} for thus saith{H559} the king{H4428} of Assyria,{H804} Make{H6213} your peace{H1293} with me, and come out{H3318} to me; and eat{H398} ye every one{H376} of his vine,{H1612} and every one{H376} of his fig-tree,{H8384} and drink{H8354} ye every one{H376} the waters{H4325} of his own cistern;{H953}
Deut 23:3 : 3 An Ammonite{H5984} or a Moabite{H4125} shall not enter{H935} into the assembly{H6951} of Jehovah;{H3068} even to the tenth{H6224} generation{H1755} shall none belonging to them enter{H935} into the assembly{H6951} of Jehovah{H3068} for{H5704} ever:{H5769}
Judg 10:7 : 7 And the anger{H639} of Jehovah{H3068} was kindled{H2734} against Israel,{H3478} and he sold{H4376} them into the hand{H3027} of the Philistines,{H6430} and into the hand{H3027} of the children{H1121} of Ammon.{H5983}
Judg 11:8-9 : 8 And the elders{H2205} of Gilead{H1568} said{H559} unto Jephthah,{H3316} Therefore are we turned again{H7725} to thee now, that thou mayest go{H1980} with us, and fight{H3898} with the children{H1121} of Ammon;{H5983} and thou shalt be our head{H7218} over all the inhabitants{H3427} of Gilead.{H1568} 9 And Jephthah{H3316} said{H559} unto the elders{H2205} of Gilead,{H1568} If ye bring me home again{H7725} to fight{H3898} with the children{H1121} of Ammon,{H5983} and Jehovah{H3068} deliver{H5414} them before{H6440} me, shall I be your head?{H7218} 10 And the elders{H2205} of Gilead{H1568} said{H559} unto Jephthah,{H3316} Jehovah{H3068} shall be witness{H8085} between us; surely according to thy word{H1697} so will we do.{H6213} 11 Then Jephthah{H3316} went{H3212} with the elders{H2205} of Gilead,{H1568} and the people{H5971} made{H7760} him head{H7218} and chief{H7101} over them: and Jephthah{H3316} spake{H1696} all his words{H1697} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} in Mizpah.{H4709} 12 And Jephthah{H3316} sent{H7971} messengers{H4397} unto the king{H4428} of the children{H1121} of Ammon,{H5983} saying,{H559} What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come{H935} unto me to fight{H3898} against my land?{H776} 13 And the king{H4428} of the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} answered{H559} unto the messengers{H4397} of Jephthah,{H3316} Because Israel{H3478} took away{H3947} my land,{H776} when he came up{H5927} out of Egypt,{H4714} from the Arnon{H769} even unto the Jabbok,{H2999} and unto the Jordan:{H3383} now therefore restore those [lands] again{H7725} peaceably.{H7965} 14 And Jephthah{H3316} sent{H7971} messengers{H4397} again{H3254} unto the king{H4428} of the children{H1121} of Ammon;{H5983} 15 and he said{H559} unto him, Thus saith{H559} Jephthah:{H3316} Israel{H3478} took not away{H3947} the land{H776} of Moab,{H4124} nor the land{H776} of the children{H1121} of Ammon,{H5983} 16 but when they came up{H5927} from Egypt,{H4714} and Israel{H3478} went{H3212} through the wilderness{H4057} unto the Red{H5488} Sea,{H3220} and came{H935} to Kadesh;{H6946} 17 then Israel{H3478} sent{H7971} messengers{H4397} unto the king{H4428} of Edom,{H123} saying,{H559} Let me, I pray thee, pass through{H5674} thy land;{H776} but the king{H4428} of Edom{H123} hearkened{H8085} not. And in like manner he sent{H7971} unto the king{H4428} of Moab;{H4124} but he would{H14} not: and Israel{H3478} abode{H3427} in Kadesh.{H6946} 18 Then they went through{H3212} the wilderness,{H4057} and went around{H5437} the land{H776} of Edom,{H123} and the land{H776} of Moab,{H4124} and came{H935} by the east side{H4217} of the land{H776} of Moab,{H4124} and they encamped{H2583} on the other side{H5676} of the Arnon;{H769} but they came{H935} not within the border{H1366} of Moab,{H4124} for the Arnon{H769} was the border{H1366} of Moab.{H4124} 19 And Israel{H3478} sent{H7971} messengers{H4397} unto Sihon{H5511} king{H4428} of the Amorites,{H567} the king{H4428} of Heshbon;{H2809} and Israel{H3478} said{H559} unto him, Let us pass,{H5674} we pray thee, through thy land{H776} unto{H5704} my place.{H4725} 20 But Sihon{H5511} trusted{H539} not Israel{H3478} to pass{H5674} through his border;{H1366} but Sihon{H5511} gathered{H622} all his people{H5971} together,{H622} and encamped{H2583} in Jahaz,{H3096} and fought{H3898} against Israel.{H3478} 21 And Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} delivered{H5414} Sihon{H5511} and all his people{H5971} into the hand{H3027} of Israel,{H3478} and they smote{H5221} them: so Israel{H3478} possessed{H3423} all the land{H776} of the Amorites,{H567} the inhabitants{H3427} of that country.{H776} 22 And they possessed{H3423} all the border{H1366} of the Amorites,{H567} from the Arnon{H769} even unto the Jabbok,{H2999} and from the wilderness{H4057} even unto the Jordan.{H3383} 23 So now Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} hath dispossessed{H3423} the Amorites{H567} from before{H6440} his people{H5971} Israel,{H3478} and shouldest thou possess{H3423} them? 24 Wilt not thou possess{H3423} that which Chemosh{H3645} thy god{H430} giveth thee to possess?{H3423} So whomsoever Jehovah{H3068} our God{H430} hath dispossessed{H3423} from before{H6440} us, them will we possess.{H3423} 25 And now art thou anything better{H2896} than Balak{H1111} the son{H1121} of Zippor,{H6834} king{H4428} of Moab?{H4124} did he ever{H7378} strive{H7378} against Israel,{H3478} or did he ever{H7378} fight{H3898} against them? 26 While Israel{H3478} dwelt{H3427} in Heshbon{H2809} and its towns,{H1323} and in Aroer{H6177} and its towns,{H1323} and in all the cities{H5892} that are along by the side{H3027} of the Arnon,{H769} three{H7969} hundred{H3967} years;{H8141} wherefore did ye not recover{H5337} them within that time?{H6256} 27 I therefore have not sinned{H2398} against thee, but thou doest{H6213} me wrong{H7451} to war{H3898} against me: Jehovah,{H3068} the Judge,{H8199} be judge{H8199} this day{H3117} between the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} and the children{H1121} of Ammon.{H5983} 28 Howbeit the king{H4428} of the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} hearkened{H8085} not unto the words{H1697} of Jephthah{H3316} which he sent{H7971} him. 29 Then the Spirit{H7307} of Jehovah{H3068} came upon Jephthah,{H3316} and he passed over{H5674} Gilead{H1568} and Manasseh,{H4519} and passed over{H5674} Mizpeh{H4708} of Gilead,{H1568} and from Mizpeh{H4708} of Gilead{H1568} he passed over{H5674} unto the children{H1121} of Ammon.{H5983} 30 And Jephthah{H3316} vowed{H5087} a vow{H5088} unto Jehovah,{H3068} and said,{H559} If thou wilt indeed{H5414} deliver{H5414} the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} into my hand,{H3027} 31 then it shall be, that whatsoever{H3318} cometh forth{H3318} from the doors{H1817} of my house{H1004} to meet{H7125} me, when I return{H7725} in peace{H7965} from the children{H1121} of Ammon,{H5983} it shall be Jehovah's,{H3068} and I will offer it up{H5927} for a burnt-offering.{H5930} 32 So Jephthah{H3316} passed over{H5674} unto the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} to fight{H3898} against them; and Jehovah{H3068} delivered{H5414} them into his hand.{H3027} 33 And he smote{H5221} them from Aroer{H6177} until thou come{H935} to Minnith,{H4511} even twenty{H6242} cities,{H5892} and unto{H58} Abel-cheramim,{H3754} with a very{H3966} great{H1419} slaughter.{H4347} So the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} were subdued{H3665} before{H6440} the children{H1121} of Israel.{H3478}
1 Sam 31:11-13 : 11 And when the inhabitants{H3427} of Jabesh-gilead{H3003} heard{H8085} concerning him that which the Philistines{H6430} had done{H6213} to Saul,{H7586} 12 all the valiant{H2428} men{H376} arose,{H6965} and went{H3212} all night,{H3915} and took{H3947} the body{H1472} of Saul{H7586} and the bodies{H1472} of his sons{H1121} from the wall{H2346} of Beth-shan;{H1052} and they came{H935} to Jabesh,{H3003} and burnt{H8313} them there. 13 And they took{H3947} their bones,{H6106} and buried{H6912} them under the tamarisk-tree{H815} in Jabesh,{H3003} and fasted{H6684} seven{H7651} days.{H3117}
Judg 21:10-25 : 10 And the congregation{H5712} sent{H7971} thither twelve{H8147} thousand{H505} men{H376} of the valiantest,{H1121} and commanded{H6680} them, saying,{H559} Go{H3212} and smite{H5221} the inhabitants{H3427} of Jabesh-gilead{H3003} with the edge{H6310} of the sword,{H2719} with the women{H802} and the little ones.{H2945} 11 And this is the thing{H1697} that ye shall do:{H6213} ye shall utterly destroy{H2763} every male,{H2145} and every woman{H802} that hath lain{H4904} by man.{H3045} 12 And they found{H4672} among the inhabitants{H3427} of Jabesh-gilead{H3003} four{H702} hundred{H3967} young{H5291} virgins,{H1330} that had not known{H3045} man{H376} by lying{H4904} with him;{H2145} and they brought{H935} them unto the camp{H4264} to Shiloh,{H7887} which is in the land{H776} of Canaan.{H3667} 13 And the whole congregation{H5712} sent{H7971} and spake{H1696} to the children{H1121} of Benjamin{H1144} that were in the rock{H5553} of Rimmon,{H7417} and proclaimed{H7121} peace{H7965} unto them. 14 And Benjamin{H1144} returned{H7725} at that time;{H6256} and they gave{H5414} them the women{H802} whom they had saved alive{H2421} of the women{H802} of Jabesh-gilead:{H3003} and yet so they sufficed{H4672} them not. 15 And the people{H5971} repented{H5162} them for Benjamin,{H1144} because that Jehovah{H3068} had made{H6213} a breach{H6556} in the tribes{H7626} of Israel.{H3478} 16 Then the elders{H2205} of the congregation{H5712} said,{H559} How shall we do{H6213} for wives{H802} for them that remain,{H3498} seeing the women{H802} are destroyed{H8045} out of Benjamin?{H1144} 17 And they said,{H559} There must be an inheritance{H3425} for them that are escaped{H6413} of Benjamin,{H1144} that a tribe{H7626} be not blotted{H4229} out from Israel.{H3478} 18 Howbeit we may{H3201} not give{H5414} them wives{H802} of our daughters,{H1323} for the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} had sworn,{H7650} saying,{H559} Cursed{H779} be he that giveth{H5414} a wife{H802} to Benjamin.{H1144} 19 And they said,{H559} Behold, there is a feast{H2282} of Jehovah{H3068} from year to year{H3117} in Shiloh,{H7887} which is on the north{H6828} of Beth-el,{H1008} on the east side{H6828} of the highway{H4546} that goeth up{H5927} from Beth-el{H1008} to Shechem,{H7927} and on the south{H5045} of Lebonah.{H3829} 20 And they commanded{H6680} the children{H1121} of Benjamin,{H1144} saying,{H559} Go{H3212} and lie in wait{H693} in the vineyards,{H3754} 21 and see,{H7200} and, behold, if the daughters{H1323} of Shiloh{H7887} come out{H3318} to dance{H2342} in the dances,{H4246} then come ye out{H3318} of the vineyards,{H3754} and catch{H2414} you every man{H376} his wife{H802} of the daughters{H1323} of Shiloh,{H7887} and go{H1980} to the land{H776} of Benjamin.{H1144} 22 And it shall be, when their fathers{H1} or their brethren{H251} come{H935} to complain{H7378} unto us, that we will say{H559} unto them, Grant them graciously{H2603} unto us, because we took{H3947} not for each man{H376} [of them] his wife{H802} in battle,{H4421} neither did ye give{H5414} them unto them, else{H6256} would ye now be guilty.{H816} 23 And the children{H1121} of Benjamin{H1144} did so,{H6213} and took{H5375} them wives,{H802} according to their number,{H4557} of them that danced,{H2342} whom they carried{H1497} off: and they went{H3212} and returned{H7725} unto their inheritance,{H5159} and built{H1129} the cities,{H5892} and dwelt{H3427} in them. 24 And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} departed{H1980} thence at that time,{H6256} every man{H376} to his tribe{H7626} and to his family,{H4940} and they went out{H3318} from thence every man{H376} to his inheritance.{H5159} 25 In those days{H3117} there was no king{H4428} in Israel:{H3478} every man{H376} did{H6213} that which was right{H3477} in his own eyes.{H5869}