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1 Samuel 11:1
Berean Standard Bible · Westminster Leningrad Codex
Then Nahash (note: DSS and LXX About a month later Nahash) the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty (note: Forms of the Hebrew berit are translated in most passages as covenant.) with us, and we will serve you.”
וַיַּ֗עַל נָחָשׁ֙ הָֽעַמּוֹנִ֔י וַיִּ֖חַן עַל־ יָבֵ֣שׁ גִּלְעָ֑ד וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ כָּל־ אַנְשֵׁ֤י יָבֵישׁ֙ אֶל־ נָחָ֔שׁ כְּרָת־ לָ֥נוּ בְרִ֖ית וְנַעַבְדֶֽךָּ׃