Alliances

How Nave’s arranged it

• POLITICAL
• With idolaters forbiddenExodus 23:32Exodus 23:33Exodus 34:12–15Deuteronomy 7:2Judges 2:22 Chronicles 19:22 Chronicles 20:37Isaiah 8:11Isaiah 8:12Isaiah 30:2Isaiah 31:1Hosea 4:17Hosea 12:1
• Ratification of
• By oathsGenesis 21:23Genesis 26:28–31Joshua 9:15–201 Samuel 20:161 Samuel 20:17
• By giving the handLamentations 5:6
• See Covenants
• See Treaty
• INSTANCES OF
• Between Abraham and Mamre, Eshcol, and AnerGenesis 14:13
• Abraham and AbimelechGenesis 21:22–32
• Isaac and AbimelechGenesis 26:26–31
• Canaanitish nations against IsraelJoshua 9:1Joshua 9:2

The passages, in Bible order (41)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 14:13

   Then an escapee came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 14:132 voices

   “(Verse 13) And he who had fled, reported to Abram the passerby. And he himself was sitting by the oak of Mamre, the Amorite, the brother of Eschol, and the brother of Aner, who were allies of Abram. Concerning this, which we have set forth to the passerby, it is written in Hebrew as Ibri (), for this indeed signifies a passerby.

   “And there came one that escaped,....

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2. Genesis 21:22–32

   At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 21:22–321 voice

   “(Verse 22.) And Abimelech and Phicol, the commanders of his army, said to his servants, 'Except Abimelech and Phicol, the third name mentioned here is not found in the Hebrew text.'

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3. Genesis 21:23

   Now, therefore, swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or descendants. Show to me and to the country in which you reside the same kindness that I have shown to you.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 21:232 voices

   “After these things, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, for they saw that God was with him and had helped him in the wars of the kings and had also promised him the land of the Canaanites. They also feared …

   “Now therefore swear unto me here by God,....

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4. Genesis 26:26–31

   Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 26:26–311 voice

   “(Verse 26.) And Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his counselor, and Phicol the commander of his army. Regarding Ahuzzath his counselor, in Hebrew it means his group of friends: it signifies not so much a single person as a crowd of friends who came with the king, among whom was also Phicol the commander of his army.

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5. Genesis 26:28–31

   “We can plainly see that the LORD has been with you,” they replied. “We recommend that there should now be an oath between us and you. Let us make a covenant with you

   ›Commentary on Genesis 26:28–311 voice

   “And they said, we saw certainly that the Lord was with thee,....

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6. Exodus 23:32

   You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 23:322 voices

   “Thou shalt make no covenant with them,.... A covenant of peace, a league, a confederacy, so as to take them to be their allies and friends; but they were always to consider them as their enemies, until they had made an utter end of them; though the Gibeonites by craft and guile obtained a league of them; but the methods they took to get it show they had some knowledge of this law, that the Israelites might not, or at least would not, make any league or covenant with the inhabitants of the land of Canaan.

   “Thou shalt make no covenant with them - They were incurable idolaters, and the cup of their iniquity was full. And had the Israelites contracted any alliance with them, either sacred or civil, they would have enticed them into their idolatries, to which the Jews were at all times most unhappily prone; and as God intended that they should be the preservers of the true religion till the coming of the Messiah, hence he strictly forbade them to tolerate idolatry.

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7. Exodus 23:33

   They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”

   ›Commentary on Exodus 23:332 voices

   “They shall not dwell in thy land,....

   “They shall not dwell in thy land - They must be utterly expelled. The land was the Lord’s, and he had given it to the progenitors of this people, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The latter being obliged to leave it because of a famine, God is now conducting back his posterity, who alone had a Divine and natural right to it, and therefore their seeking to possess the inheritance of their fathers can be only criminal in the sight of those who are systematically opposed to the thing, because it is a part of Divine revelation.

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8. Exodus 34:12–15

   Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 34:12–151 voice

   “When the Lord handed over to you the land of the Canaanites, he said, "Take care, therefore, not to make a covenant with these inhabitants of the land that you are to enter; else they will immediately become a snare among you." Now we believe …

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9. Deuteronomy 7:2

   and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.

   ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 7:21 voice

   “And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee,....

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10. Joshua 9:1

    Now when news of this reached all the kings west of the Jordan—those in the hill country, the foothills, and all along the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon (the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)—

    ›Commentary on Joshua 9:11 voice

    “The narrative of the exploits is clear, and what is plainly expressed does not need explanation. Nevertheless, out of these visible things that were done, let us consider the wars and triumphs that the Lord Jesus, our Savior, led, although we may also perceive these things to be visibly fulfilled in him. For the kings of the earth have assembled together, the senate and the people and the leaders of Rome, to blot out the name of Jesus and Israel at the same time. For they have decreed in their laws that there be no Christians.

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11. Joshua 9:2

    they came together to wage war against Joshua and Israel.

    ›Commentary on Joshua 9:22 voices

    “That they gathered themselves together to fight with Joshua, and with Israel,....

    “The narrative of the exploits is clear, and what is plainly expressed does not need explanation. Nevertheless, out of these visible things that were done, let us consider the wars and triumphs that the Lord Jesus, our Savior, led, although we may also perceive these things to be visibly fulfilled in him. For the kings of the earth have assembled together, the senate and the people and the leaders of Rome, to blot out the name of Jesus and Israel at the same time. For they have decreed in their laws that there be no Christians.

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12. Joshua 9:15–20

    And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.

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    “And Joshua made peace with them,....

    “And he, being as yet ignorant of localities and not knowing anything of the inhabitants, did not see through their deceit, nor did he enquire of God but readily believed them. So sacred was one's promised word held in those days that no one would believe that others could try to deceive. Who could find fault with the saints in this, namely, that they should consider others to have the same feelings as themselves and suppose no one would lie because truth was their own companion?

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13. Judges 2:2

    and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done?

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    “And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land,....

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14. Judges 3:12

    Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.

    ›Commentary on Judges 3:121 voice

    “And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord,....

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15. Judges 3:13

    After enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.

    ›Commentary on Judges 3:132 voices

    “And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek,....

    “The children of Ammon (Bent-Ammon), almost always so spoken of from their ancestor Ben-ammi Gen 19:38, seem to be under the leadership of the king of Moab, as do also the Amlekites: this is perhaps the strengthening spoken of in Jdg 3:12. In Judg. 6 the combination is Midianites, Amalekites, and children of the East, or Arab tribes. In the narrative of Jephthah’s judgeship, the Ammonites alone are mentioned; but with a reference to the Moabites, and as if they were one people Jdg 11:

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16. 1 Samuel 20:16

    So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the LORD hold David’s enemies accountable.”

    ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 20:161 voice

    “So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David,.... Not with David himself only, which was now renewed, but with his family also: saying, let the Lord even require it at the hand of David's enemies; take vengeance on Jonathan, or on any of his posterity, should they break this covenant, by showing themselves enemies to David, and his crown; and, on the other hand, also on David, and his posterity, should they not show kindness to Jonathan and his seed, according to the tenor of this covenant.

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