1 Chronicles 19:1

after this The war with Ammon has already been referred to by anticipation in 1 Chronicles 18:11.

Nahash Probably not the Nahash mentioned 1 Samuel 11:1.

Ammon The Ammonites were a kindred race to the Hebrews, being descended according to tradition from Lot, the nephew of Abraham; cp. Deuteronomy 2:19. The two Ammonite names here given are pure Hebrew, Nahash("Serpent") and Hanun("Favoured, Fortunatus"); the Ammonite language, like the Moabite, was probably near akin to Hebrew.