1 Samuel 25:2

New International Reader's Version

A certain man in Maon was very wealthy. He owned property there at Carmel. He had 1,000 goats and 3,000 sheep. He was clipping the wool off the sheep in Carmel.

Cross References

Genesis 13:2

Abram had become very rich. He had a lot of livestock and silver and gold.

Genesis 26:13

Isaac became rich. His wealth continued to grow until he became very rich.

Genesis 31:19

Laban had gone to clip the wool from his sheep. While he was gone, Rachel stole the statues of the family gods that belonged to her father.

Genesis 32:14

He chose 200 female goats and 20 male goats. He chose 200 female sheep and 20 male sheep.

Genesis 38:13

Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is on his way to Timnah to clip the wool from his sheep.”

2 Samuel 19:32

He was very old. He was 80 years old. He had given the king everything he needed while the king was staying in Mahanaim. That’s because Barzillai was very wealthy.

Job 1:3

He owned 7,000 sheep and 3,000 camels. He owned 500 pairs of oxen and 500 donkeys. He also had a large number of servants. He was the most important man among all the people in the east.

Job 42:12

The Lord blessed the last part of Job’s life even more than the first part. He gave Job 14,000 sheep and 6,000 camels. He gave him 1,000 pairs of oxen and 1,000 donkeys.

Psalm 17:14

Lord, by your power save me from people like that. They belong to this world. They get their reward in this life. May what you have stored up for evil people fill their bellies. May their children’s stomachs be filled with it. And may there even be leftovers for their little ones.

Proverbs 30:22

The first is a servant who becomes a king. The second is a foolish and ungodly person who gets plenty to eat.

Joshua 15:55

Here’s another list of towns given to Judah in the central hill country. Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,

1 Samuel 15:12

Early the next morning Samuel got up. He went to see Saul. But Samuel was told, “Saul went to Carmel. There he set up a monument in his own honor. Now he has gone on down to Gilgal.”

1 Samuel 23:24

So they started out. They went to Ziph ahead of Saul. David and his men were in the Desert of Maon. Maon is south of Jeshimon in the Arabah Valley.

1 Samuel 30:5

David’s two wives had been captured. Their names were Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail from Carmel. Abigail was Nabal’s widow.