1 Samuel 25:1

New International Reader's Version

When Samuel died, the whole nation of Israel gathered together. They were filled with sorrow because he was dead. They buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David went down into the Desert of Paran.

Cross References

Genesis 14:6

They did the same thing to the Horites in the hill country of Seir. They marched all the way to El Paran near the desert.

Genesis 21:21

While he was living in the Desert of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt.

Genesis 23:2

She died at Kiriath Arba. Kiriath Arba is also called Hebron. It’s in the land of Canaan. Sarah’s death made Abraham very sad. He went to the place where her body was lying. There he wept over her.

Genesis 50:11

The Canaanites living in that area saw how sad all of them were. They said, “The Egyptians are having a very special service for the dead.” That’s why that place near the Jordan River is called Abel of the Egyptians.

1 Kings 2:34

So Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, went up to the Lord’s tent. There he struck down Joab. And he killed him. Joab was buried at his home out in the country.

2 Kings 21:18

Manasseh joined the members of his family who had already died. He was buried in his palace garden. It was called the garden of Uzza. Manasseh’s son Amon became the next king after him.

2 Chronicles 33:20

Manasseh joined the members of his family who had already died. He was buried in his palace. Manasseh’s son Amon became the next king after him.

Psalm 120:5

How terrible it is for me to live in the tents of the people of Meshek! How terrible to live in the tents of the people of Kedar!

Isaiah 14:18

“All the kings of the nations are buried with honor. Each of them lies in his own tomb.

Zechariah 1:5

“Where are those people now? And what about my prophets? Do they live forever?

Numbers 10:12

Then the Israelites started out from the Desert of Sinai. They traveled from place to place. They kept going until the cloud came to rest in the Desert of Paran.

Numbers 12:16

After that, the people left Hazeroth. They camped in the Desert of Paran.

Numbers 13:26

The men came back to Moses, Aaron and the whole community of Israel. The people were at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There the men reported to Moses and Aaron and all the people. They showed them the fruit of the land.

Numbers 13:3

So Moses sent them out from the Desert of Paran. He sent them as the Lord had commanded. All of them were leaders of the Israelites.

Numbers 20:29

The whole community found out that Aaron had died. So all the Israelites mourned for him for 30 days.

Acts 8:2

Godly Jews buried Stephen. They mourned deeply for him.

Deuteronomy 34:8

The Israelites mourned over Moses on the plains of Moab for 30 days. They did it until their time for weeping and crying was over.

1 Samuel 1:19

Early the next morning Elkanah and his family got up. They worshiped the Lord. Then they went back to their home in Ramah. Elkanah slept with his wife Hannah. And the Lord blessed her.

1 Samuel 28:3

Samuel had died. The whole nation of Israel was filled with sorrow because he was dead. They had buried him in his own town of Ramah. Saul had thrown out of the land people who get messages from those who have died. He had also thrown out people who talk to the spirits of the dead.

1 Samuel 7:17

But he always went back to Ramah. That’s where his home was. He served Israel as judge there too. And he built an altar there to honor the Lord.