Bible Person
Meaning: snake; serpent · Male · 3 cross references
This Nahash entry refers to Nahash king of the Ammonites in Saul's day, the aggressor against Jabesh-gilead. He is a hostile regional ruler whose threat becomes the occasion for Saul's first major public deliverance. First appears in 1 Sam 11:1.1
AI summary: This Nahash matters because the cross references place him at the crisis that catalyzes Saul's emergence as a deliverer-king. His siege of Jabesh-gilead exposes Israel's vulnerability, but it also becomes the moment when Saul rallies the tribes and wins broad recognition. Taken together, the material presents this Nahash as an Ammonite enemy whose aggression helps define the opening shape of Saul's kingship.1
Central Figure
Nahash
Meaning: snake; serpent
King of the Ammonites in the time of Saul.
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). 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.