1Sa 11:1, 2Sa 10:1-2, 12:29-30 | ESV | STEP | Then Nahash the Ammonite went up and besieged Jabesh - gilead , and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash , Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.

1 Samuel 11:1

Saul Defeats the Ammonites

1 ^aThen Nahash the Ammonite went up and besieged ^bJabesh-gilead, and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, ^c“Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”

2 Samuel 10:1-2

David Defeats Ammon and Syria

1 ^dAfter this the king of the Ammonites died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place. 2 And David said, “I will deal loyally ^{▼▼Or kindly; twice in this verse} with Hanun the son of ^fNahash, as his father dealt loyally with me.” So David sent by his servants to console him concerning his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the Ammonites.

2 Samuel 12:29-30

29 So David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah and fought against it and took it. 30 And he took the crown of their king from his head. The weight of it was a talent ^{▼▼A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms} of gold, and in it was a precious stone, and it was placed on David’s head. And he brought out the spoil of the city, a very great amount.