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1 Samuel 11:2

11:1 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.
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.

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Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “On this condition I will make it with you, that all your right eyes be gouged out. I will make this dishonor all Israel.”

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.

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 on all Israel.

11:3 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. Give: Heb. Forbear us

What does 1 Samuel 11:2 mean?

1 Samuel 11:2 is a verse in the book of 1 Samuel, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include נָחָשׁ (Nâchâsh), עַמּוֹנִי (ʻAmmôwnîy), אָמַר (ʼâmar). It connects to 5 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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And
NahashנָחָשׁNâchâsh/naw-khawsh'/H5176Nachash, the name of two persons apparently non-Israelite
the
AmmoniteעַמּוֹנִיʻAmmôwnîy/am-mo-nee'/H5984an Ammonite or (the adjective) Ammonitish
answeredאָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)
them,
On
thisזֹאתzôʼth/zothe'/H2063this (often used adverb)
condition
will
I
makeכָּרַתkârath/kaw-rath'/H3772to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)
a
covenant
with
you,
that
I
may
thrust
outנָקַרnâqar/naw-kar'/H5365to bore (penetrate, quarry)
all
your
rightיָמִיןyâmîyn/yaw-meen'/H3225the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
eyes,עַיִןʻayin/ah'-yin/H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
and
layשׂוּםsûwm/soom/H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
it
for
a
reproachחֶרְפָּהcherpâh/kher-paw'/H2781contumely, disgrace, the pudenda
upon
all
Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêl/yis-raw-ale'/H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

Commentary on 1 Samuel 11:2

HENRY_FULL · 1 Samuel 11:2
In the foregoing chapter we had Samuel a young priest, though by birth a Levite only, for he ministered before the Lord in a linen ephod; in this chapter we have him a young prophet, which was more, God in an extraordinary manner revealing himself to him, and in him reviving, if not commencing, prophecy in Israel. Here is, I. God's first manifestation of himself in an extraordinary manner to Samuel, ver. 1-10 . II. The message he sent by him to Eli, ver. 11-14 . III. The faithful delivery of that message to Eli, and his submission to the righteousness of God in it, ver. 15-18 . IV. The establishment of Samuel to be a prophet in Israel, ver. 19-21 .

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Genesis 27:1

And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.

Genesis 48:19

And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. multitude: Heb. fulness

1 Samuel 2:22

Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. assembled: Heb. assembled by troops

1 Samuel 4:15

Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see. were dim: Heb. stood

Ecclesiastes 12:3

In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, the grinders: or, the grinders fail, because they grind little

Topics

AmmonitesAmmonites, theJabesh-GileadPunishmentsSieges

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with 1 Samuel 11:2.

1 Samuel 11:1

Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.

2 Chronicles 27:5

He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third. So: Heb. This

Zechariah 11:17

Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

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What does 1 Samuel 11:2 say?

1 Samuel 11:2 (King James Version) reads: "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."

Is 1 Samuel 11:2 in the Old or New Testament?

1 Samuel 11:2 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of 1 Samuel.

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