Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up unto Jehovah to Mizpah? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly.
And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay, but a king shall reign over us; when Jehovah your God was your king.
And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard concerning him that which the Philistines had done to Saul,
And (Ben-hadad) said unto him, The cities which my father took from thy father I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. And I, (said Ahab), will let thee go with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and let him go.
and he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him; he also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land;