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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.
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An Old Conflict Reignited
Commentators explain that this attack wasn't random. Nahash the Ammonite was renewing a long-standing territorial dispute over Gilead. Some scholars suggest it was direct revenge for a previous defeat by the judge Jephthah. This ongoing threat was the very reason the Israelites had recently demanded a king to lead them.
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1 Samuel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Nahash was king of the Ammonites, as is clear from 1 Samuel 12:12. He seems to have been connected with the family of David, since Davi…
19th Century
Anglican
Nahash the Ammonite. Nahash was king of the children of Ammon (see 1 Samuel 12:12). This royal family was in some way …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead A month after, as in the Septuagint a…
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