Lockyer's All the Men of the Bible – Nahash
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Nahash

Nahash [Nā'hăsh]—serpent or oracle.

  1. An Amorite king who besieged Jabesh-gilead and was defeated by Saul (1 Sam. 11:1, 2; 12:12).
  2. The father of Shobi, and another Ammonite king (2 Sam. 10:2; 17:27; 1 Chron. 19:1, 2). Also the name of the mother of Abigail (2 Sam. 17:25).