1 Samuel 25:2

And there was a man in Maon, and his flocks were in Carmel, and he was a very great man; and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand she-goats: and he happened to be shearing his flock in Carmel.

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In The 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.

In Context

1And Samuel died, and all Israel assembled, and bewailed him, and they bury him in his house in Ramah: and David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Maon.

3And the man’s name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail: and his wife was of good understanding and very beautiful in person: but the man was harsh and evil in his doings, and the man was churlish.

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Cross References

Genesis 26:13And the man was exalted, and advancing he increased, till he became very great.

Genesis 32:14And he slept there that night, and took of the gifts which he carried with him, and sent out to Esau his brother,

Joshua 15:55Maon, and Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,

1 Samuel 23:24And the Ziphites arose, and went before Saul: and David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, westward, to the right of Jeshimon.

2 Samuel 13:23And it came to pass at the end of two whole years, that they were shearing sheep for Absalom in Baal-hazor near Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.

Job 1:3And his cattle consisted of seven thousand sheep, 1 Three thousand camels, 1 Five hundred yoke of oxen, 1 Five hundred she-asses in the pastures, 1 And a very great household, 1 And he had a great husbandry on the earth; 1 And that man was most noble of the men of the east. 1

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