Then Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”
But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to r
Ben-hadad said to him, “I will restore the cities my father took from your father; you may set up your own marketplaces
He took a member of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he carried away the lead
“We can plainly see that the LORD has been with you,” they replied. “We recommend that there should now be an oath betwe
So they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah?” And, in fact, no one fro
Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?
You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods.
No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.
They answered Jephthah, “This is why we now turn to you, that you may go with us, fight the Ammonites, and become leader
When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every
So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and Ammonites,
So the congregation sent 12,000 of their most valiant men and commanded them: “Go and put to the sword those living in J