1 Samuel 25:1

And Samuel died, and all Israel + 25:1 Heb. Rama. Alex. Rama.assembled, and bewailed him, and they bury him in his house in + 25:1 Gr. assemble and bewail.Armathaim: and David arose, and went down to the wilderness of + 25:1 Alex. Paran.Maon.

Brenton Septuagint

In The 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.

In Context

2And there was a man in Maon, and his flocks were in Carmel, and he was a very great man; and he had + 25:2 Lit. 3,000 flocks; as we say in English, 3,000 troops, meaning men formed into troops.three thousand sheep, and a thousand she-goats: and he happened to be shearing his flock in Carmel.

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Cross References

Genesis 14:6And the Chorrhæans in the mountains of Seir, to the turpentine tree of Pharan, which is in the desert.

Genesis 23:2And Sarrha died in the city of Arboc, which is in the valley, this is Chebron in the land of Chanaan; and Abraam came to lament for Sarrha and to mourn.

Numbers 10:12And the children of Israel set forward with their baggage in the wilderness of Sina; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Pharan.

Numbers 13:3And Moses sent them out of the wilderness of Pharan by the word of the Lord; all these were the princes of the sons of Israel.

Numbers 20:29And all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead: and they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

1 Samuel 1:19And they rise early in the morning, and worship the Lord, and they go their way: and Helkana went into his house at Armathaim, and knew his wife Anna; and the Lord remembered her, and she conceived.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 25:1

We have here some intermission of David's troubles by Saul. Providence favoured him with a breathing time, and yet this chapter gives us instances of the troubles of David. If one vexation seems to be over, we must not be secure; a storm may arise from some other point, as here to David. I. Tidings of the death of Samuel could not but trouble him, ver. 1 . But, II. The abuse he received from Nabal is more largely recorded in this chapter. 1. The character of Nabal, ver. 2, 3 . 2. The humble request sent to him,… Read the whole commentary →

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