1 Samuel 25:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² A very rich man was in Maon, whose possessions and business were in Carmel. He had 3,000 sheep and 1,000 goats, and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

² There was a man in Maon who did business in Carmel. He was a very important man and owned three thousand sheep and one thousand goats. At that time, he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Now there was a certain man in the wilderness of Maon, and his possessions were at Carmel. And this man was exceedingly great. And three thousand sheep, and one thousand goats were his. And it happened that he was shearing his sheep at Carmel.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² Now there was a certain man in the wilderness of Maon, and his possessions were in Carmel. And the man was very great: and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats. And it happened that he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

1 Samuel 25:2 Cross References

Genesis 13:2

And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

Genesis 26:13

And the man waxed great, and grew more and more until he became very great:

Genesis 31:19

Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father's.

Genesis 32:14

two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,

Genesis 38:13

And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father in law goeth up to Timnah to shear his sheep.

2 Samuel 19:32

Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king with sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.

Job 1:3

His 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 children of the east

Job 42:12

So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: And he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

Psalm 17:14

From men, by thy hand, O LORD, From men of the world, whose portion is in this life, And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

Proverbs 30:22

For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with meat;

Joshua 15:55

Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah;

1 Samuel 15:12

And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a monument, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.

1 Samuel 23:24

And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert.

1 Samuel 30:5

And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.