Nahash the Ammonite marched against Jabesh Gilead. All the men of Jabesh Gilead said to Nahash, “Make a treaty with us and we will serve you.”

“Your father made us work too hard. Now if you lighten the demands he made and don’t make us work as hard, we will serve you.”

“Your father made us work too hard! Now if you lighten the demands he made and don’t make us work as hard, we will serve you.”

Then they cried out to the Lord and admitted, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the Lord and have served the Baals and the images of Ashtoreth. Now deliver us from the hand of our enemies so that we may serve you.’