1 Samuel 11:2 meaning and explanation

But Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you on one condition, that I may put out everyone’s right eye and bring reproach upon all Israel.”

1 Samuel 11:2, Berean Standard Bible

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Nahash, king of the Ammonites, is besieging Jabesh-gilead, a town in Israelite territory east of the Jordan. The men of Jabesh offer to serve him under a treaty, and verse 2 gives his answer.

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