Verse 1

Nahash the Ammonite went up and besieged Jabesh-Gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, "Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you."

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Da angrep Nahas fra Ammonittfolket Jabesj i Gilead. Alle mennene i Jabesj sa til Nahas: «Inngå en pakt med oss, så skal vi tjene deg.»

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Da kom Nahas, ammonitten, opp og beleiret Jabesh Gilead, og alle mennene i Jabesh sa til Nahas: "Gjør en avtale med oss, så skal vi tjene deg."

• Norsk King James

  Da kom Nahash, ammonitten, opp og angrep Jabeshgilead; og alle mennene i Jabesh sa til Nahash: "Lag en avtale med oss, så skal vi tjene deg."

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Nahas, ammonitten, marsjerte mot Jabes i Gilead og beleiret byen. Menneskene der sa til Nahas: 'Lag en avtale med oss, så skal vi tjene deg.'

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Nahash, ammonitten, dro opp og beleiret Jabesj i Gilead. Da sa alle mennene i Jabesj til Nahash: "Inngå en pakt med oss, så skal vi tjene deg."

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Da kom Nahas fra Ammonittene og slo leir mot Jabesj i Gilead. Og alle mennene i Jabesj sa til Nahas: Gjør en pakt med oss, så skal vi tjene deg.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Da kom Nahash, ammonitten, opp og leirla seg ved Jabeshgilead; og alle mennene i Jabesh sa til Nahash: «Inngå en pakt med oss, så vil vi tjene deg.»

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Da kom Nahas fra Ammonittene og slo leir mot Jabesj i Gilead. Og alle mennene i Jabesj sa til Nahas: Gjør en pakt med oss, så skal vi tjene deg.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Nahash ammonitten gikk opp og beleiret Jabesh i Gilead. Og alle mennene i Jabesh sa til Nahash: 'Gjør en avtale med oss, så skal vi tjene deg.'

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Nahash ammonitten dro opp og beleiret Jabesh-Gilead. Alle mennene i Jabesh sa til Nahash: «Inngå en pakt med oss, så skal vi tjene deg.»

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men Nahas, den Ammoniter, drog op og leirede sig mod Jabes i Gilead; og alle Mænd i Jabes sagde til Nahas: Gjør en Pagt med os, saa ville vi tjene dig.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Da dro Nahash, ammonitten, opp og beleiret Jabesh-gilead. Alle mennene i Jabesh sa til Nahash: Lag en avtale med oss, så skal vi tjene deg.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Then Nahash the Ammonite came up and encamped against Jabesh-gilead, and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, "Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you."

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Da kom Nahas, ammonitten, og slo leir mot Jabesh i Gilead, og alle mennene i Jabesh sa til Nahas: Gjør en pakt med oss, så skal vi tjene deg.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Nahash, ammonitten, rykket opp og beleiret Jabesj i Gilead, og alle mennene i Jabesj sa til Nahash: 'Inngå en avtale med oss, så vil vi tjene deg.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Da kom Nahas, ammonitten, og slo leir mot Jabesj i Gilead. Alle mennene i Jabesj sa til Nahas: Lag en pakt med oss, så skal vi tjene deg.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Omtrent en måned senere kom Nahas, ammonitten, og stilte sitt folk opp for å angripe Jabesj i Gilead. Alle mennene i Jabesj sa til Nahas: Gjør en avtale med oss, så skal vi bli dine tjenere.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Nahas ye Ammonite wete vp & layed sege vnto Iabes in Gilead. And all the men of Iabes sayde vnto Nahas: Be at one with vs, & we wyll serue the.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then Nahash the Ammonite came vp, and besieged Iabesh Gilead: and all the men of Iabesh saide vnto Nahash, Make a couenant with vs, and we will be thy seruants.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then Nahas ye Ammonite came vp, & besieged Iabes in Gilead: And all the men of Iabes sayd vnto Nahas, Make a couenaut with vs, and we wilbe thy seruauntes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ 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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Nahash the Ammonite cometh up, and encampeth against Jabesh-Gilead, and all the men of Jabesh say unto Nahash, `Make with us a covenant, and we serve thee.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then about a month after this, Nahash the Ammonite came up and put his forces in position for attacking Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, Make an agreement with us and we will be your servants.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh Gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, "Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Saul Comes to the Aid of Jabesh Nahash the Ammonite marched against Jabesh Gilead. All the men of Jabesh Gilead said to Nahash,“Make a treaty with us and we will serve you.”

Referenced Verses

• Judg 21:8 : 8 They asked, 'Which one of the tribes of Israel did not come to the LORD at Mizpah?' They found that no one had come from Jabesh-Gilead to the assembly.
• 1 Sam 12:12 : 12 But when you saw that Nahash, king of the Ammonites, came against you, you said to me, ‘No, we want a king to reign over us,’ even though the LORD your God was your king.
• 1 Kgs 20:34 : 34 Ben-Hadad said to him, 'I will restore the cities that my father took from your father, and you can set up marketplaces for yourself in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.' Ahab replied, 'On the basis of a treaty, I will let you go.' So he made a treaty with him and let him go.
• Ezek 17:13 : 13 He took a member of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under an oath. Then he carried away the leaders of the land.
• Gen 26:28 : 28 They replied, "We have clearly seen that the LORD has been with you. So we said, 'There should now be an oath between us and you; let us make a covenant with you.'"
• Exod 23:32 : 32 Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods.
• Job 41:4 : 4 I will not keep silent about his limbs, his mighty strength, or his graceful form.
• Isa 36:16 : 16 Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then each of you will eat from your own vine and your own fig tree and drink water from your own cistern,
• Deut 23:3 : 3 No one born of an illegitimate union may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation, none of his descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD.
• Judg 10:7 : 7 So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He gave them into the hands of the Philistines and the Ammonites.
• Judg 11:8-9 : 8 The elders of Gilead replied, 'That is why we have now turned to you. Come with us to fight the Ammonites, and you will be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.' 9 Jephthah answered, 'If you bring me back to fight the Ammonites, and the Lord gives them to me, will I really become your head?' 10 The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, 'The Lord is our witness; we will certainly do as you say.' 11 So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their head and commander. Jephthah repeated all his words before the Lord in Mizpah. 12 Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, asking, 'What do you have against me that you have come to fight against my land?' 13 The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah’s messengers, 'When Israel came out of Egypt, they took away my land from the Arnon to the Jabbok and as far as the Jordan. Now return it peacefully.' 14 Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the Ammonites, 15 Jephthah said to him, 'This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take the land of Moab or the land of the Ammonites.' 16 For when they came up from Egypt, Israel traveled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and arrived at Kadesh. 17 Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, 'Please let us pass through your land,' but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent to the king of Moab, but he refused. So Israel stayed in Kadesh. 18 Then they journeyed through the wilderness, went around the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came to the east side of the land of Moab. They camped on the other side of the Arnon but did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab. 19 Israel then sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, who was king of Heshbon, and said to him, 'Let us pass through your land to our destination.' 20 But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his land. Instead, he gathered all his people, camped at Jahaz, and fought against Israel. 21 The Lord, the God of Israel, gave Sihon and all his people into Israel’s hand, and they defeated them. So Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorites, who lived in that territory. 22 They took possession of the entire region of the Amorites, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the wilderness to the Jordan. 23 Now the Lord, the God of Israel, has driven out the Amorites before His people Israel. Would you now take possession of it? 24 Do you not take what your god Chemosh gives you? Likewise, we will take possession of whatever the Lord our God has driven out before us. 25 Are you any better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive or fight against Israel? 26 While Israel lived in Heshbon and its villages, in Aroer and its villages, and in all the towns along the Arnon for three hundred years, why didn’t you recover them during that time? 27 I have not wronged you, but you are doing me wrong by waging war against me. May the Lord, the Judge, judge today between the Israelites and the Ammonites. 28 But the king of the Ammonites would not listen to the message Jephthah sent to him. 29 Then the Spirit of the Lord came on Jephthah. He passed through Gilead and Manasseh, and he went on to Mizpah of Gilead, and from there he advanced against the Ammonites. 30 And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord: 'If you give the Ammonites into my hands, 31 whatever comes out of the door of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the Ammonites will belong to the Lord, and I will offer it as a burnt offering.' 32 Then Jephthah crossed over to fight the Ammonites, and the Lord gave them into his hands. 33 He devastated twenty towns from Aroer to the vicinity of Minnith and as far as Abel Keramim. Thus Israel subdued the Ammonites.
• 1 Sam 31:11-13 : 11 When the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, 12 all their valiant men rose up, traveled through the night, and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. They brought them to Jabesh and burned them there. 13 Then they took their bones, buried them under a tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
• Judg 21:10-25 : 10 So the assembly sent twelve thousand armed men with the command, 'Go and strike down the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead with the sword, including the women and children.' 11 This is what you are to do: Completely destroy every male and every woman who has had relations with a man. 12 They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead four hundred young women who were virgins and had not been intimate with a man. They brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan. 13 Then the whole assembly sent a message to the Benjaminites at the rock of Rimmon, and they offered them peace. 14 The Benjaminites returned at that time, and the Israelites gave them the women they had spared from Jabesh-Gilead, but there were not enough for all of them. 15 The people of Israel grieved for Benjamin because the LORD had created a gap in the tribes of Israel. 16 The elders of the assembly said, 'What shall we do for wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?' 17 They said, 'The inheritance of the survivors of Benjamin must be preserved, so that a tribe will not be wiped out from Israel.' 18 'But we cannot give them wives from our own daughters, for we have sworn with a curse that anyone who gives a wife to Benjamin will be cursed.' 19 Then they said, 'There is a yearly festival to the LORD in Shiloh, which lies north of Bethel, east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.' 20 So they instructed the Benjaminites, 'Go and hide in the vineyards.' 21 'Watch, and when the young women of Shiloh come out to join in the dances, rush out from the vineyards and each of you seize a wife for yourself from the daughters of Shiloh. Then return to the land of Benjamin.' 22 'When their fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we will say to them, "Do us a favor by allowing them to have these wives, for we did not obtain wives for them during the battle. And you did not give your daughters to them, so you are not guilty of breaking your oath."' 23 So the Benjaminites did as instructed. They took wives according to their number from the dancers they had seized. Then they went back to their inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and settled in them. 24 At that time, the Israelites departed from there, each man to his tribe and family. They returned to their inheritance. 25 In those days, there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in their own eyes.