1 Samuel 11:2

And Nahash the Ammonite said unto them, Hereby, will I solemnise [a covenant] with you by digging out for you, every one’s right eye,—and laying it for a reproach, upon all Israel.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1Then 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.

3And the elders of Jabesh said unto him—Give us a respite of seven days, that we may send messengers throughout all the bounds of Israel,—and then, if there is none to save us, we will come out unto thee.

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Cross References

Genesis 34:14and said unto them—We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to a man that is uncircumcised,—for a reproach, it would be to us.

Numbers 16:14Certainly not into a land flowing with milk and honey, hast thou brought us, nor given unto us an inheritance of field and vineyard,—The eyes of those men, wilt thou dig out? We will not come up.

1 Samuel 11:10So the men of Jabesh said, To-morrow, will we come out unto you,—Then shall ye do with us, according to all that is good in your eyes.

2 Kings 18:31Do not hearken unto Hezekiah,—for, thus, saith the king of Assyria, Deal with me thankfully, and come out unto me, then shall ye eat—every one of his own vine, and every one of his own fig-tree, and drink every one the waters of his own cistern;

Jeremiah 39:7and the eyes of Zedekiah, did he put out, and bound him with fetters of bronze to bring him into Babylon.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 11:2-5

Extremity of Jabesh-Gilead. ( b. c. 1069.) 1 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee. 2 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. 3 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… Read the whole commentary →

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