וַיְהִי֙ אַחֲרֵי־כֵ֔ן וַיָּ֕מָת נָחָ֖שׁ מֶ֣לֶךְ בְּנֵי־עַמּ֑וֹן וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃
And it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.
Read midrashic interpretation of I Chronicles 19:1: and classical rabbinic exegesis.