1 Samuel 11:1
Soon Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”
Note DSS and LXX About a month later Nahash
Note Forms of the Hebrew berit are translated in most passages as covenant.
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.
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.”
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Nahash
- In the Vulgate this chapter begins thus: {Et factum est quasi post mensem,} "And it came to pass about a month after;" which is also the reading of the principal copies of the Septuagint; and is also found in Josephus, though it appears to be of little authority.
- 1 Samuel 12:12; Judges 10:7; Judges 11:8–33
- Jabesh-gilead
- 1 Samuel 31:11–13; Judges 21:8, 10–25
- Make
- Genesis 26:28; Exodus 23:32; Deuteronomy 23:3; 1 Kings 20:34; Job 41:4; Isaiah 36:16; Ezekiel 17:13