1 Samuel 25:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.”
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“Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And <FI>there is<Fi> a man in Maon, and his work <FI>is<Fi> in Carmel; and the man <FI>is<Fi> very great, and he hath three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats; and he is shearing his flock in Carmel.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 25:2 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 13:2And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.
- Genesis 26:13and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.
- Genesis 31:19Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.
- Genesis 32:14200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams,
- Genesis 38:13When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”
- Joshua 15:55Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,
- 1 Samuel 15:12Early in the morning Samuel got up to confront Saul, but he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel, and behold, he has set up a monument for himself and has turned and gone down to Gilgal.”
- 1 Samuel 23:24So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Wilderness of Maon in the Arabah south of Jeshimon,
- 1 Samuel 30:5David’s two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken captive.
- 2 Samuel 13:23Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons of the king.
- 2 Samuel 19:32Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.
- Job 1:3and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.
- Job 42:12So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
- Psalms 17:14from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
- Psalms 73:3For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
- Proverbs 30:22a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,
- Luke 16:19Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
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