此后，亚扪人的王拿辖死了，他儿子接续他作王。

此后，亚扪人的王拿辖死了，他儿子接续他作王。

此后，亚扪人的王拿辖死了，他儿子接续他作王。

后来，亚扪王拿辖死了，他儿子继位。

后来，亚扪人的王拿辖死了，他的儿子接续他作王。

此後，亞捫人的王拿轄死了，他兒子接續他作王。

此後，亞捫人的王拿轄死了，他兒子接續他作王。

此後，亞捫人的王拿轄死了，他兒子接續他作王。

後來，亞捫王拿轄死了，他兒子繼位。

後來，亞捫人的王拿轄死了，他的兒子接續他作王。

此後亞捫人的王拿轄死了，他兒子接替他作王。

厥後、亞捫族王拿轄沒、其子嗣位、

嗣後亞捫族之王拿轄薨、其子哈嫩繼位。

此後亞捫王拿轄死、其子繼之為王、

In the course of time, Nahash king of the Ammonites died, and his son succeeded him as king.

Nahash was king of Ammon. After he died, his son became the next king after him.

Now after this Nahash the king of the Ammonites died, and his son reigned in his place.

Some time after this, King Nahash of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun became king.

Some time later, King Nahash of the Ammonites died, and his son became king in his place.

Now it came about after this, that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon died, and his son became king in his place.

It happened after this that Nahash the king of the people of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his place.

And it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.

Some time later, King Nahash of the Ammonites died, and his son became king in his place.

Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.

Later King Nahash of the Ammonites died and his son succeeded him.

After this, Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his place.

“ But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me,‘ No, we want a king to rule over us’— even though the Lord your God was your king. (niv)

In the course of time, the king of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun succeeded him as king.David thought,“ I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent a delegation to express his sympathy to Hanun concerning his father. When David’s men came to the land of the Ammonites,the Ammonite commanders said to Hanun their lord,“ Do you think David is honoring your father by sending envoys to you to express sympathy? Hasn’t David sent them to you only to explore the city and spy it out and overthrow it?”So Hanun seized David’s envoys, shaved off half of each man’s beard, cut off their garments at the buttocks, and sent them away.When David was told about this, he sent messengers to meet the men, for they were greatly humiliated. The king said,“ Stay at Jericho till your beards have grown, and then come back.”When the Ammonites realized that they had become obnoxious to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth Rehob and Zobah, as well as the king of Maakah with a thousand men, and also twelve thousand men from Tob.On hearing this, David sent Joab out with the entire army of fighting men.The Ammonites came out and drew up in battle formation at the entrance of their city gate, while the Arameans of Zobah and Rehob and the men of Tob and Maakah were by themselves in the open country.Joab saw that there were battle lines in front of him and behind him; so he selected some of the best troops in Israel and deployed them against the Arameans.He put the rest of the men under the command of Abishai his brother and deployed them against the Ammonites.Joab said,“ If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you are to come to my rescue; but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to rescue you.Be strong, and let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. The Lord will do what is good in his sight.”Then Joab and the troops with him advanced to fight the Arameans, and they fled before him.When the Ammonites realized that the Arameans were fleeing, they fled before Abishai and went inside the city. So Joab returned from fighting the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.After the Arameans saw that they had been routed by Israel, they regrouped.Hadadezer had Arameans brought from beyond the Euphrates River; they went to Helam, with Shobak the commander of Hadadezer’s army leading them.When David was told of this, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan and went to Helam. The Arameans formed their battle lines to meet David and fought against him.But they fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred of their charioteers and forty thousand of their foot soldiers. He also struck down Shobak the commander of their army, and he died there.When all the kings who were vassals of Hadadezer saw that they had been routed by Israel, they made peace with the Israelites and became subject to them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore. (niv)

Nahash the Ammonite went up and besieged Jabesh Gilead. And all the men of Jabesh said to him,“ Make a treaty with us, and we will be subject to you.”But Nahash the Ammonite replied,“ I will make a treaty with you only on the condition that I gouge out the right eye of every one of you and so bring disgrace on all Israel.” (niv)