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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(
serpent
). (1) A king of
Ammon
(
1 Sam. 11:1-11
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 then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
4
Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.
5
And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.
6
And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.
7
And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the Lord fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.
8
And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
9
And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and showed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
10
Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.
11
And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together. (1 Samuel 11:1‑11)
;
2 Sam. 10:2
2
Then said David, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon. (2 Samuel 10:2)
). (2)
Father
of
Abigail
(
2 Sam. 17:25
25
And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother. (2 Samuel 17:25)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
1.
Ammonite
king who encamped against
Jabesh
-
gilead
, and who tauntingly agreed to
make
its inhabitants tributary on condition that he should thrust out
the
right
eye
of each
for
a reproach on
all
Israel
.
Saul
raised an
army
and the
Ammonites
were defeated (
1 Sam. 11:1-2
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. (1 Samuel 11:1‑2)
;
1 Sam. 12:12
12
And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the Lord your God was your king. (1 Samuel 12:12)
). Josephus relates that Nahash had successfully oppressed the tribes on the
east
of the
Jordan
, which gave
him
self-
confidence
in making his terms to Jabesh-gilead; and says that Nahash was
slain
. Perhaps the same as the
father
of
Hanun
who insulted
David
’s ambassadors (
2 Sam. 10:2
2
Then said David, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon. (2 Samuel 10:2)
;
2 Sam. 17:27
27
And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, (2 Samuel 17:27)
;
1 Chron. 19:1-2
1
Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.
2
And David said, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him. (1 Chronicles 19:1‑2)
).
2.
Apparently father or
mother
of
Abigail
and
Zeruiah
(
2 Sam. 17:25
25
And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother. (2 Samuel 17:25)
). In
1 Chronicles 2:16
16
Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. (1 Chronicles 2:16)
Abigail and Zeruiah are called the sisters of
Jesse
’s sons. The Rabbis say that Nahash was another
name
for Jesse (as in the margin); others suppose Nahash was Jesse’s wife; and again others
judge
that Nahash was a former
husband
of Jesse’s wife.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
5176
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
Nachash
Phonic:
naw-khawsh’
Meaning:
the same as
5175
; Nachash, the name of two persons apparently non-Israelite
KJV Usage:
Nahash
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
a serpent
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
A serpent; foretelling; forewarning:―name of two persons, 1 Sam. 11:1. {Serpens}
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