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A formal agreement between individuals or nations, promising commitment to each other’s interests. Israel was forbidden to enter into such agreements with other nations in the promised land.
1Sa 18:3-4 See also Ge 21:22-32; Ge 26:26-31; 1Sa 20:8,16-17; 1Sa 22:8; 1Sa 23:18; 2Sa 3:12-13
1Ki 5:12-18; 1Ki 15:18-19; Isa 33:8 Probably the agreement made when Hezekiah paid large sums to Sennacherib (2Ki 18:14); Eze 17:12-14
Jos 9:3-16; Jos 10:1; Jos 11:18-19; 1Sa 11:1-2; Hos 12:1
Eze 17:15-18 See also Jer 34:8-20; Da 11:22-24 “he will act deceitfully” (verse 23), is a reference to Antiochus Epiphanes (of the Seleucid dynasty) who reneged on the friendship shown to Egypt; Hos 10:4; Am 1:9-10; Gal 3:15
Dt 7:1-2 See also Ex 23:31-32; Ex 34:11-12,15-16; Dt 23:6; 1Ki 20:34,42-43; Ezr 9:12
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