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All 12 verses in the Bible that mention โ€œSNAKE-HISSโ€Wrench

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King Snake-Hiss Makes War On Arid Jabesh
1st Samuel 11:1 Meanwhile, [as Saul begins his reign,] Ammon-Spawn [dictator] Nachash {Snake-Hiss} [marches his armies ~15 miles northwest] up to [the city of] Jabesh-Gilead {Arid-Heap}. He erects a war-camp against it. So all the men of Jabesh {Arid} plead to Nachash, โ€œMake a peace-treaty with us. We'll serve you.โ€
1st Samuel 11:2 So Nachash {Snake-Hiss} the Ammon-Spawn [tyrant] answers the [men of Jabesh], โ€œOn this condition I'll make a peace-accord with you: I get to poke out all your right eyes. That'll humiliate everyone in Israel [who fails to come to save you].โ€
1st Samuel 11:3 So the elders of Jabesh {Arid} answer {Snake-Hiss}, โ€œGive us 7 daysโ€™ grace-period, so we can send messengers to all the regions of Israel. Then, if no man [comes] to save us, we'll come out [of our city walls] to [let] you [poke out our eyes].โ€
1st Samuel 11:4 So the messengers race [from Jabesh] to [king] Saul's [land] in Gibeah {Flower-Hill}. They fill the ears of the population with the news [of Snake-Hiss's eye-poking threat]. So all [Gibeah's] people lift up their voices. They weep [in desperation].
1st Samuel 11:10 So the men of Jabesh {Arid} lie [to Snake-Hiss], โ€œTomorrow we'll come out [and surrender] to you. Then you'll do with us everything your eyes see as good.โ€
Saul Crushes The Armies Of King Snake-Hiss
1st Samuel 11:11 The next day, Saul arrays [his militia] in 3 divisions. During the morning watch, they rush into the midst of [Snake-Hiss's] army. The [Israelis] slay the spawn of Ammon until the heat of the day. The surviving [spawn of Ammon] scatter. No two of them remain together, ๐Ÿ˜‡!
1st Samuel 12:12 But [now] when you see Nachash {Snake-Hiss} the king of the [inbred] spawn of Ammon come against you, you [whine] to me, โ€˜No more [ecclesiastical leadership]! Instead, a king will reign over us!โ€™ But YHVH your Elohim WAS your king, ๐Ÿ˜‡.
Snake-Hiss's Son Humiliates David's Envoys
2nd Samuel 10:1 [Time passes, ๐Ÿ˜‡.] Ammon's king Nachash {Snake-Hiss} dies. So his son Hanun {Favored} reigns on [Nachash's throne].
Rebel Absalom Mounts His Shock & Awe Campaign
2nd Samuel 17:25 AbShalom {Father-of-Peace} quickly promotes Amasa {Load} to General of the [rebel] Army, to replace [David's loyalist] Joab {JAH-Dad}. ([Note, ๐Ÿ˜‡:] This Amasa is the son of an Israelite man named Ithra {Superior}. [Ithra seduced] the sister of Joab's mom Zeruyah {Balm}: AbiGail {Daddy's-Joy} the daughter of Nachash {Snake-Hiss}.)
King David's Allies Bring Him Food Supplies
2nd Samuel 17:27 Meanwhile, David enters Mahanaim {Double-Camp}. There [he gets help from his previous enemies:] Shobi {Captor} the son of Nachash {Snake-Hiss} from Rabbah {Plenty} [in the territory] of the [inbred] spawn of Ammon, and Machir {Salesman} the son of AmmiEl {People-of-El} of Lo-Debar {No-Pasture}, and Barzillai {Iron-Heart} from Rogelim {Washers} [in] Gilead {Witness-Mound}.
David Sends Sympathy To Inbred King Hanun
1st Chronicles 19:1 Soon Nachash {Snake-Hiss} (the king of the [inbred] spawn of Ammon) dies. His [evil] son [Hanun] reigns in his place.
1st Chronicles 19:2 So David {Love} says, โ€œI'll show kindness to Hanun {Favored} the son of Nachash {Snake-Hiss}, because his father showed kindness to me.โ€ So [king] David sends envoys [~45km east] to comfort [Hanun] over [the death of] his father.