1 Samuel 11:2
“And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And Nahash the Ammonite answered them,.... In a very haughty and scornful manner:
on this condition will I make a…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
I may thrust out all your right eves - This cruel condition would serve at once as a badge of their slavery, and a means…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17141 Samuel 11:1-4
The Ammonites were bad neighbours to those tribes of Israel that lay next them, though descendants from just Lot, and,…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
that I may thrust out all your right eyes Such barbarities are not unknown in the East even now. Vambéry describes the…
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