King of the Ammonites in the time of Saul. The King James Version names Nahash in 3 verses, from 1 Samuel 11:1 to 1 Samuel 12:12. The King James Version also gives the name Nahash to 3 other people, listed on this page.
Nahash speaks in 1 verse of the King James Version, all in 1 Samuel.
His first words in the Bible
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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Who Nahash was.
King of the Ammonites in the time of Saul. The inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead having been exposed to great danger from Nahash, sent messengers to Gibeah to inform Saul of their extremity. He promptly responded to the call, and gathering together an army he marched against Nahash. “And it came to pass that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them [the Ammonites] were not left together” (1 Sam. 11:1-11).
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All 3 verses that name this Nahash.
1 Samuel 3
1 Samuel 11:1Then 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.
1 Samuel 11:2And 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 12:12And 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.
Other people called Nahash.
Nahash, Father of Hanun.
Named in 3 verses.
2 Samuel 10:2Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed 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.
1 Chronicles 19:1Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.
1 Chronicles 19:2And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed 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.
Nahash, the father of Amasa, who was commander-in-chief of Abasolom’s….
Named in 1 verse.
2 Samuel 17:25And 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.
Nahash, Father of Shobi.
Named in 1 verse.
2 Samuel 17:27And 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,
Questions about Nahash.
Who was Nahash in the Bible?
King of the Ammonites in the time of Saul. The King James Version names Nahash in 3 verses, from 1 Samuel 11:1 to 1 Samuel 12:12.
Where does Nahash speak in the Bible?
In 1 verse of the King James Version, all in 1 Samuel. His first words are in 1 Samuel 11:2.