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Nahash

Nahash (nā'hăsh) [key], in the Bible. 1. Ammonite king whose cruelty caused his destruction by Saul. His successor was Hanun 1. 2. Father of Shobi, called Nahash of Rabbah, perhaps the same as (sense 1.) 3. Father of Abigail 2.

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