Nahash

Nahash in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(serpent). 1. King of the Ammonites who dictated to the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead that cruel alternative of the loss of their right eyes or slavery which roused the swift wrath of Saul, and caused the destruction of the Ammonite force. 1Sa 11:2-11 (B.C. 1092.) "Nahaph" would seem to have been the title of the king of the Ammonites rather t...

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