1 Samuel 25:2 - The Scriptures 2009

² Now there was a man in Ma‛on and his work was in Karmel, and the man was very great. And he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. And he came to be shearing his sheep in Karmel.

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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 Aḇram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.

Genesis 26:13

And the man grew great and went forward until he became very great.

Genesis 31:19

And when Laḇan had gone to shear his sheep, Raḥĕl stole the house idols that were her father’s.

Genesis 32:14

two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,

Genesis 38:13

And it was reported to Tamar, saying, “See, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”

2 Samuel 19:32

And Barzillai was a very aged man, eighty years old. And he had sustained the sovereign while he was dwelling at Maḥanayim, for he was a very rich man.

Job 1:3

And his possessions were seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred female donkeys, and a very large body of servants, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the East.

Job 42:12

And יהוה blessed the latter days of Iyoḇ more than his beginning; for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys.

Psalm 17:14

From men by Your hand, O יהוה, From men of the world whose portion is in this life, And You fill their bellies with Your treasure, They are satisfied with children, And shall leave their riches to their babes.

Proverbs 30:22

Under a servant when he reigns, And a fool when he is satisfied with food,

Joshua 15:55

Ma‛on, Karmel, and Ziph, and Yutah,

1 Samuel 15:12

And Shemu’ĕl rose early in the morning to meet Sha’ul, and it was told to Shemu’ĕl, saying, “Sha’ul went to Karmel, and see, he set up a monument for himself, then turned and passed over, and went down to Gilgal.”

1 Samuel 23:24

And they rose up and went to Ziph before Sha’ul, while Dawiḏ and his men were in the Wilderness of Ma‛on, in the desert plain on the south of the wasteland.

1 Samuel 30:5

And Dawiḏ’s two wives, Aḥino‛am the Yizre‛ĕlitess, and Aḇiḡayil the widow of Naḇal the Karmelite, had been taken captive.