1 Samuel 11:1
And it came to pass about a month after this that Naas, the Ammonite came up, and began to fight against Jabes Galaad. And all the men of Jabes said to Naas: Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Exodus 23:32Thou shalt not enter into league with them, nor with their gods.
Judges 10:7And the Lord being angry with them, delivered them into the hands of the Philistines and of the children of Ammon.
Judges 11:8And the princes of Galaad said to Jephte: For this cause we are now come to thee, that thou mayst go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be head over all the inhabitants of Galaad.
Judges 21:10So they sent ten thousand of the most valiant men, and commanded them, saying: Go and put the inhabitants of Jabes Galaad to the sword, with their wives and their children.
1 Samuel 31:11Now when the inhabitants of Jabes Galaad had heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
2 Samuel 10:1And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanon his son reigned in his stead.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 11:1
In this chapter we have the first-fruits of Saul's government, in the glorious rescue of Jabesh-Gilead out of the hands of the Ammonites. Let not Israel thence infer that therefore they did well to ask a king (God could and would have saved them without one); but let them admire God's goodness, that he did not reject them when they rejected him, and acknowledge his wisdom in the choice of the person whom, if he did not find fit, yet he made fit, for the great trust he called him to, and enabled, in some measure,… Read the whole commentary →