Nahash (king of the children of Ammon)
나하스 (암몬 자손의 왕)
Named at 1 Samuel 11:1 as Nahash the Ammonite, who comes up and encamps against Jabesh Gilead; all the men of Jabesh say to him, “Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you.” At 11:2 he says 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.” At 12:12 Samuel says to the people, “When you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ when the LORD your God was your king.” 2 Samuel 10:1–2 says that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place, and that David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me.”
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- 1CH 19:1–5, engwebp
1After this, Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his place.
2David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun to comfort him.
3But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, “Do you think that David honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Haven’t his servants come to you to search, to overthrow, and to spy out the land?”
4So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle at their buttocks, and sent them away.
5Then some people went and told David how the men were treated. He sent to meet them; for the men were greatly humiliated. The king said, “Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.”
- 1SA 11:1–3, engwebp
1Then Nahash the Ammonite came up and encamped against Jabesh Gilead; and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you.”
2Nahash 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.”
3The elders of Jabesh said to him, “Give us seven days, that we may send messengers to all the borders of Israel; and then, if there is no one to save us, we will come out to you.”
- 1SA 12:6–12, engwebp
6Samuel said to the people, “It is the LORD who appointed Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
7Now therefore stand still, that I may plead with you before the LORD concerning all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers.
8“When Jacob had come into Egypt, and your fathers cried to the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt, and made them to dwell in this place.
9But they forgot the LORD their God; and he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; and they fought against them.
10They cried to the LORD, and said, ‘We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD and have served the Baals and the Ashtaroth; but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you.’
11The LORD sent Jerubbaal, Bedan, Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side; and you lived in safety.
12“When you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ when the LORD your God was your king.
- 2SA 10:1–5, engwebp
1After this, the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place.
2David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent by his servants to comfort him concerning his father. David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
3But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think that David honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Hasn’t David sent his servants to you to search the city, to spy it out, and to overthrow it?”
4So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved off one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
5When they told David this, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. The king said, “Wait at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.”
AI-assisted, human review pending, 2026-09-26
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Unresolved interpretation: Nahash of 2 Samuel 10:1–2, 17:25 and 17:27
- 2 Samuel 10:1 says, “After this, the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place,” and at 10:2 David says, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me.”
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- 2SA 10:1–5, engwebp
1After this, the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place.
2David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent by his servants to comfort him concerning his father. David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
3But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think that David honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Hasn’t David sent his servants to you to search the city, to spy it out, and to overthrow it?”
4So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved off one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
5When they told David this, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. The king said, “Wait at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.”
- 2SA 10:1–5, engwebp
- 2 Samuel 17:25 says that Amasa was the son of “Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.” The verse does not say where this Nahash was from.
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- 2SA 17:24–26, engwebp
24Then David came to Mahanaim. Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
25Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.
26Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
- 2SA 17:24–26, engwebp
- 2 Samuel 17:27, telling of the time when David had come to Mahanaim, names “Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon”.
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- 2SA 17:27–29, engwebp
27When David had come to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
28brought beds, basins, earthen vessels, wheat, barley, meal, parched grain, beans, lentils, roasted grain,
29honey, butter, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David and for the people who were with him to eat; for they said, “The people are hungry, weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.”
- 2SA 17:27–29, engwebp
2 Samuel 10:1–2 says that the king of the children of Ammon died and Hanun his son reigned in his place, and has David call him “Hanun the son of Nahash”; 17:25 names “Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother”; and 17:27 names “Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon”. The text does not say whether the Nahash of any two of these passages is the same man. This collection records the three apart and does not decide whether any of them are the same man.
All 2 relationships: AI-assisted, human review pending
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Nahash (king of the children of Ammon) — Father of — Hanun (son of Nahash)
Evidence: 1 Chronicles 19:1–5, 2 Samuel 10:1–5
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Took part in (1) — Nahash the Ammonite encamps against Jabesh Gilead
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Then Nahash the Ammonite came up and encamped against Jabesh Gilead; and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you.”
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.”
“When you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ when the LORD your God was your king.
David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent by his servants to comfort him concerning his father. David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
After this, Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his place.
David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun to comfort him.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Nahash (king of the children of Ammon) (person-nahash-ammon) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/nahash-ammon Current wording: Named at 1 Samuel 11:1 as Nahash the Ammonite, who comes up and encamps against Jabesh Gilead; all the men of Jabesh say to him, “Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you.” At 11:2 he says 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.” At 12:12 Samuel says to the people, “When you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ when the LORD your God was your king.” 2 Samuel 10:1–2 says that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place, and that David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me.” Cited evidence: 1CH 19:1–5, engwebp / 1SA 11:1–3, engwebp / 1SA 12:6–12, engwebp / 2SA 10:1–5, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.