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1Sa 25:2 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Maon		1Sa 23:24
possessions were		or, business was. Carmel. Not the famous mount Carmel, in the north of Canaan, and in the tribe of Asher; but a city, on a mountain of the same name, in the south of Judah, which seems to have given name to the surrounding territory. Eusebius and Jerome inform us, that there was in their time a town called Carmelia, ten miles east from Hebron, where the Romans kept a garrison, whose position well agrees with this Carmel.
man		Gen 26:13; 2Sa 19:32; Psa 17:14; Psa 73:3-7; Luk 16:19-25
three thousand		Gen 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. Gen 38:13; 2Sa 13:23,24
Carmel		1Sa 30:5; Jos 15:55

Correlating Passages

Maon

1Sa 23:24

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

man

	Gen 26:13	And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
	2Sa 19:32	Now Barzillai was a very aged man, [even] fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he [was] a very great man.
	Psa 17:14	From men [which are] thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, [which have] their portion in [this] life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid [treasure]: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their [substance] to their babes.
	Psa 73:3	For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
	Psa 73:4	For [there are] no bands in their death: but their strength [is] firm.
	Psa 73:5	They [are] not in trouble [as other] men; neither are they plagued like [other] men.
	Psa 73:6	Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them [as] a garment.
	Psa 73:7	Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
	Luk 16:19	There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
	Luk 16:20	And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
	Luk 16:21	And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
	Luk 16:22	And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
	Luk 16:23	And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
	Luk 16:24	And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
	Luk 16:25	But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

three thousand

	Gen 13:2	And Abram [was] very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
	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 men of the east.
	Job 42:12	So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

shearing

	Gen 38:13	And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
	2Sa 13:23	And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which [is] beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.
	2Sa 13:24	And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant.

Carmel

	1Sa 30:5	And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
	Jos 15:55	Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Samuel 25:2," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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