1 Samuel 25:2
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.
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.
Note possessions: or, business
There was a man in Maon whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great. He had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats; and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Maon
- 1 Samuel 23:24
- man
- Genesis 26:13; 2 Samuel 19:32; Psalm 17:14; Psalm 73:3–7; Luke 16:19–25
- three thousand
- Genesis 13:2; Job 1:3; Job 42:12
- shearing
- This was a very ancient custom, and appears to have been always attended with festivity. The ancient Romans, however, used to pluck off the wool from the sheep's backs; and hence a fleece was called {vellus,} a {vellendo,} from plucking it off. Pliny says, that in his time sheep were not shorn every where, but in some places the wool was still plucked off.
- Genesis 38:13; 2 Samuel 13:23, 24
- Carmel
- 1 Samuel 30:5; Joshua 15:55