1 Samuel 25:2

Translations

Modern

Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.

Traditional

And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

Literal

And there was a man in Maon, and his work was in Carmel. And the man was very rich, and He had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. And he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

Latin

Erat autem vir quispiam in solitudine Maon, et possessio ejus in Carmelo, et homo ille magnus nimis: erantque ei oves tria millia, et mille capræ: et accidit ut tonderetur grex ejus in Carmelo.

Original

Hebrew

English

Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.

Notes

1 Samuel 25:2

Carmel was a village near Maon. It should not be confused with the famous mountain from the story of Elijah in 1 Kings 18. In this village, Saul built a monument to celebrate his victory over the Amalekites (1 Samuel 15:12).

1 Samuel 25:1–44

This story about Nabal falls between two accounts in which Saul pursued David and David spared Saul’s life. Nabal was similar to Saul.

Theme notes and profiles

David Saul

Events

Reign of Saul

Related verses

Genesis 38:13
When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”
Joshua 15:55
Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,
1 Samuel 23:24
So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Wilderness of Maon in the Arabah south of Jeshimon,
Luke 16:19–25
Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
Job 1:3
…and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.
Genesis 26:13
…and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.
1 Samuel 30:5
David’s two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken captive.
Genesis 13:2
And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.
Psalm 73:3–7
For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
2 Samuel 13:23–24
Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons of the king.
Job 42:12
So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
2 Samuel 19:32
Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.

Places

Carmel: Town in Judah; home of Nabal and Abigail Maon: A city in Judah; home of Nabal and Abigail

Glossary

Abigail Agriculture Carmel David John the Baptist Maon (Place) Meunim, Meunites Nabal Riches Samuel, Books of First and Second Warfare

Topics

Carmel: A City of Judah: Nabal's Possessions At Entertainments: Given on Occasions of Sheep-Shearing Goat: Numerous Goats Maon: The Place where Nabal Lived Nabal: History of Riches: Examples of Wicked Men Possessing: Nabal Sheep: Time of Shearing, a Time of Rejoicing The Goat: Jews had Large Flocks of

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