1 Samuel 11:2

“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.”

"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 11:2
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What does 1 Samuel 11:2 mean?

1 Samuel 11:2 (KJV): "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." The book of 1 Samuel tells the story of the transition of Israel from a…

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The Cost of Compromise: Unveiling the Price of Conformity

In 1 Samuel 11:2, we encounter a dire moment for the people of Jabesh-Gilead as they face the looming threat of Nahash the Ammonite: "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…

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A Prayer for Deliverance and Restoration

O Lord God of hosts, Creator of all that is seen and unseen, we come before You with hearts heavy with the weight of oppression and strife. In 1 Samuel 11:2, we are reminded of the cruelty of Nahash the Ammonite, who sought to bring disgrace and humiliation upon Your chosen…

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1 Samuel 11:2 - "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."
2 Samuel 1:11 - "Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:"
2 Samuel 11:11
1 Samuel 2:11 - "And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest."
2 Samuel 11
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2 Samuel 11:9
1 Samuel 13:11
1 Samuel 11:14 - "Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there."
2 Samuel 2:11 - "And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months."
1 Samuel 22:11-13
2 Samuel 11:18 - "¶ Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;"
1 Samuel 28:11 - "Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel."
2 Samuel 21:11 - "And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done."
2 Samuel 11:5 - "And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child."
1 Samuel 3:11 - "¶ And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle."
1 Samuel 12:11 - "And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe."
2 Samuel 3:11 - "And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him."
2 Samuel 11:14 - "¶ And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah."
1 Samuel 11:12 - "¶ And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death."
1 Samuel 31:11 - "¶ And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;"
2 Samuel 11:1 - "And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem."
1 Samuel 2:26 - "And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men."
2 Samuel 22:11 - "And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind."
2 Samuel 11:22 - "¶ So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for."
1 Samuel 2:18 - "¶ But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod."
"Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:" - 2 Samuel 1:11
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"And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest." - 1 Samuel 2:11