1 Samuel 11:1
Then came up Nahash the Ammonite, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead,—and all the man of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Solemnise with us a covenant, that we may serve thee.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Exodus 23:32Thou shalt not make with them or with their gods, a covenant:
Judges 10:7So the anger of Yahweh kindled upon Israel,—and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the sons of Ammon;
Judges 11:8And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah—Therefore, have we, now, returned unto thee, that, if thou go with us, and do battle with the sons of Ammon, then shalt thou become our head, for all the inhabitants of Gilead.
Judges 21:10So the assembly sent thither twelve thousand men, of the sons of valour,—and commanded them, saying:—Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead, with the edge of the sword, with the women, and the little ones.
1 Samuel 31:11And, when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard concerning him, what the Philistines had done unto Saul,
2 Samuel 10:1And it came to pass, after this, that the king of the sons of Ammon died,—and that Hanun 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 →