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.
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 have little authority.
1 Samuel 12:12 And when you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came …
Judges 10:7 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them …
Judges 11:8 And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Therefore we turn again …
Jabesh-gilead
1 Samuel 31:11-13 And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the …
Judges 21:8,10 And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came …
Make
Genesis 26:28 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with you: and we …
Exodus 23:32 You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
Deuteronomy 23:3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD…
1 Kings 20:34 And Ben-hadad said to him, The cities, which my father took from …
Job 41:4 Will he make a covenant with you? will you take him for a servant for ever?
Isaiah 36:16 Listen not to Hezekiah: for thus said the king of Assyria, Make an …
Ezekiel 17:13 And has taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and …
And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.
On this
2 Kings 18:31 Listen not to Hezekiah: for thus said the king of Assyria, Make an …
thrust
Judges 16:21 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him …
Exodus 3:6 Moreover he said, I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, …
Proverbs 12:10 A righteous man regards the life of his beast: but the tender mercies …
Jeremiah 39:7 Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to …
reproach
1 Samuel 17:26 And David spoke to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall …
Genesis 34:14 And they said to them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister …
And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
give us. [heb] Forbear us
Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.
And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.
And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.
Spirit of God
1 Samuel 10:10 And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets …
1 Samuel 16:13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the middle …
Judges 3:10 And the Spirit of the LORD came on him, and he judged Israel, and …
Judges 6:34 But the Spirit of the LORD came on Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; …
Judges 11:29 Then the Spirit of the LORD came on Jephthah, and he passed over …
Judges 13:25 And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp …
Judges 14:6 And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily on him, and he rent him …
his anger
Exodus 32:19 And it came to pass, as soon as he came near to the camp, that he …
Numbers 12:3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were on …
Mark 3:5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved …
Ephesians 4:26 Be you angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down on your wrath:
And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.
And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.
And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.
on the morrow
Genesis 22:14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is …
Psalm 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
in three
Judges 7:16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he …
Judges 9:43 And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and …
morning
1 Samuel 11:2 And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make …
Judges 1:7 And Adonibezek said, Three score and ten kings, having their thumbs …
Matthew 7:2 For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged: and with what …
James 2:13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that has showed no mercy; …
so that two
1 Samuel 30:17,18 And David smote them from the twilight even to the evening of the …
Judges 4:16 But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, to Harosheth …
And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.
And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel.
There shall
1 Samuel 14:45 And the people said to Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this …
2 Samuel 19:22 And David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, …
the Lord
1 Samuel 19:5 For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and …
Exodus 14:13,30 And Moses said to the people, Fear you not, stand still, and see …
Psalm 44:4-8 You are my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob…
Isaiah 59:16 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no …
1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed …
Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
let us go
1 Samuel 7:16 And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and …
1 Samuel 10:8 And you shall go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come …
renew
1 Samuel 10:24 And Samuel said to all the people, See you him whom the LORD has …
1 Samuel 5:3 And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon …
1 Chronicles 12:38,39 All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart …
And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
