1 Samuel 11:1
And it came to pass about a month after this, that Naas the Ammanite went up, and encamped against Jabis Galaad: and all the men of Jabis said to Naas the Ammanite, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.
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Exodus 23:32Thou shalt make no covenant with them and their gods.
Judges 10:7And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and sold them into the hand of the Phylistines, and into the hand of the children of Ammon.
Judges 11:8And the elders of Galaad said to Jephthae, Therefore have we now turned to thee, + 11:8 Gr. and thou shalt.that thou shouldest go with us, and fight against the sons of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Galaad.
Judges 21:10And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the + 21:10 Gr. sons of strength.strongest, and they charged them, saying, Go ye and smite the inhabitants of Jabis Galaad with the + 21:10 Gr. mouth.edge of the sword.
1 Samuel 31:11And the inhabitants of Jabis Galaad hear what the Philistines did to Saul.
2 Samuel 10:1And it came to pass after this that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Annon 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 →