KJV King James Version
And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
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1 Samuel 25:1
And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.
WEB World English Bible
Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
ASV American Standard Version
And Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Samuel dieth, and all Israel are gathered, and mourn for him, and bury him in his house, in Ramah; and David riseth and goeth down unto the wilderness of Paran.
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 25
1 And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
2 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.
3 Now the name of the man [was] Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and [she was] a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man [was] churlish and evil in his doings; and he [was] of the house of Caleb.
4 And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
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וַיָּ֣מָתH4191 · mutto dieשְׁמוּאֵ֔לH8050 · she.mu.elSamuelוַיִּקָּבְצ֤וּH6908 · qa.vatsto gatherכָל־H3605 · kolallיִשְׂרָאֵל֙H3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelוַיִּסְפְּדוּ־H5594 · sa.phadto mournל֔וֹH9033 · ohimוַיִּקְבְּרֻ֥הוּH6912 · qa.varto buryבְּבֵית֖וֹH1004 · betplaceבָּרָמָ֑הH7414 · ra.mahRamahוַיָּ֣קָםH6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiדָּוִ֔דH1732 · da.vidDavidוַיֵּ֖רֶדH3381 · ya.radto go downאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)מִדְבַּ֥רH4057 · mid.barmouthפָּארָֽן׃ סH6290 · pa.ranParan
Cross-references
1 Samuel 28:3Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.Numbers 20:29And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, [even] all the house of Israel.Deuteronomy 34:8And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping [and] mourning for Moses were ended.2 Chronicles 33:20So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.Genesis 21:21And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.Acts 8:2And devout men carried Stephen [to his burial], and made great lamentation over him.Numbers 10:12And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.Numbers 13:3And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men [were] heads of the children of Israel.1 Kings 2:34So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.Isaiah 14:18All the kings of the nations, [even] all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.Genesis 50:11And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This [is] a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which [is] beyond Jordan.Numbers 13:26And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.1 Samuel 7:17And his return [was] to Ramah; for there [was] his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.Psalm 120:5Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, [that] I dwell in the tents of Kedar!Genesis 14:6And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which [is] by the wilderness.Numbers 12:16And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
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