1 Samuel 25:1

And Samuel died, and all Israel were gathered together, and made lamentation for him, and buried him within his own house, in Ramah,—and David arose and went down into the wilderness of Maon.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

2Now there was, a man, in Maon, whose cattle were in Carmel, and, the man, was exceeding great, and, he, had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats,—and so it was, that he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

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Cross References

Genesis 14:6and the Horites in their Mount Seir,—as far as El-paran, which is by the desert.

Genesis 23:2And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba, the same, is Hebron in the land of Canaan,—and Abraham went in to wail for Sarah and to weep for her.

Numbers 10:12and the sons of Israel set forward by their removals from the desert of Sinai, and then the cloud abode in the desert of Paran.

Numbers 13:3So then Moses sent them out of the desert of Paran, at the bidding of Yahweh,—all of them, great men, heads of the sons of Israel, were they.

Numbers 20:29And all the assembly saw that Aaron was dead; and they bewailed Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

1 Samuel 1:19And they rose up early in the morning, and worshipped before Yahweh, and returned, and entered their own house, in Ramah,—and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and Yahweh remembered her.

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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