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• ShobiPeople

  Shobi was an Ammonite who brought food and household goods to David when David reached Mahanaim while fleeing Absalom's rebellion. He is introduced as the son of Nahash of Rabbah (2 Samuel 17:27).

• HanunPeople

  Hanun was king of the Ammonites in the time of David, succeeding his father Nahash at his death. By humiliating the envoys David sent to console him, he provoked war between Israel and Ammon (2 Samuel 10; 1 Chronicles 19).

• Jabesh-gileadBible

  Jabesh-gilead was an Israelite town in the region of Gilead, east of the Jordan River. It appears in the account of a punishment at the close of the period of the judges, in the siege by the Ammonite king Nahash and Saul's rescue of the town, and in the account of Saul's burial.

• 1 Samuel 11Bible

  1 Samuel 11 recounts how Saul, recently chosen as king, wins his first victory by rescuing Jabesh-gilead from Nahash the Ammonite and is then made king again before all the people at Gilgal.

• 1 Samuel 12Bible

  First Samuel 12 records Samuel's farewell address before all Israel after Saul became king. Samuel has his integrity publicly affirmed, reviews Israel's history, reminds the people of their sin in asking for a king, and urges king and people alike to serve the LORD.

• Jabesh-gileadBible

  Jabesh-gilead was an Israelite town in the region of Gilead east of the Jordan River. Saul delivered the town from the Ammonites, and after Saul's death its people recovered and buried his body.

• 2 Samuel 10Bible

  2 Samuel 10 recounts how the envoys David sent to comfort the Ammonite king Hanun were humiliated, an insult that led Joab, Abishai, and David to defeat a coalition of Ammonite and Aramean forces.

• 1 Chronicles 19Bible

  1 Chronicles 19 records a war that began when Hanun, king of the Ammonites, humiliated the envoys David had sent to console him. It recounts how Joab and David defeated the Ammonites and the Aramean coalition that came to their aid.

• NahshonPeople

  Nahshon was the leader of the tribe of Judah during the wilderness period after the Exodus. The son of Amminadab and the brother-in-law of Aaron, he appears in the genealogies of David and of Jesus Christ.

• NahathPeople

  Nahath was a son of Reuel, the son of Esau, and is recorded in Genesis 36 as one of the chiefs of Edom.

• SalmonPeople

  Salmon is an Old Testament figure of the tribe of Judah, the son of Nahshon and the father of Boaz. His name appears in the genealogies of Ruth and 1 Chronicles and in the genealogies of Jesus in Matthew and Luke.

• ElishebaPeople

  Elisheba was the wife of Aaron, mentioned in Exodus 6:23. The daughter of Amminadab of the tribe of Judah and the sister of Nahshon, she bore four sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

• AmminadabPeople

  Amminadab was a man of the tribe of Judah, the son of Ram and the father of Nahshon and Elisheba. He was the father-in-law of Aaron, and his name appears in the genealogies of David and of Jesus Christ.

• IthamarPeople

  Ithamar was the fourth son of Aaron and served as a priest with his brother Eleazar during the wilderness period. When the tabernacle was transported, he supervised the work of the Gershonites and the Merarites.

• Zerah (Son of Reuel)People

  Zerah, a grandson of Esau and son of Reuel, was an Edomite chief listed in the Edomite genealogies of Genesis 36 and 1 Chronicles 1.