KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Samuel 25:2
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And there is a man in Maon, and his work is in Carmel; and the man is very great, and he hath three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats; and he is shearing his flock in Carmel.
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.
5 And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
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וְאִ֨ישׁH376 · ishmanבְּמָע֜וֹןH4584 · ma.onMaonוּמַעֲשֵׂ֣הוּH4639 · ma.a.sehdeed: workבַכַּרְמֶ֗לH3760 · kar.melCarmelוְהָאִישׁ֙H376 · ishmanגָּד֣וֹלH1419 · ga.dolgreat: largeמְאֹ֔דH3966 · me.odmuchוְל֛וֹH9033 · ohimצֹ֥אןH6629 · tsonflockשְׁלֹֽשֶׁת־H7969 · sha.loshthreeאֲלָפִ֖יםH505 · e.lephthousandוְאֶ֣לֶףH505 · e.lephthousandעִזִּ֑יםH5795 · ezgoatוַיְהִ֛יH1961 · ha.yahto beבִּגְזֹ֥זH1494 · ga.zazto shearאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]צֹאנ֖וֹH6629 · tsonflockבַּכַּרְמֶֽל׃H3760 · kar.melCarmel
Cross-references
1 Samuel 23:24And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men [were] in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.Joshua 15:55Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,Genesis 38:13And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.Luke 16:19-25There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:Genesis 26:13And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:1 Samuel 30:5And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.Genesis 13:2And Abram [was] very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.Job 42:12So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.2 Samuel 13:23-24And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which [is] beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.Psalm 73:3-7For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.2 Samuel 19:32Now Barzillai was a very aged man, [even] fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he [was] a very great man.Job 1:3His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.Psalm 17:14From men [which are] thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, [which have] their portion in [this] life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid [treasure]: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their [substance] to their babes.
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