Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
Three thousand
Shearing
Carmel
Bible References
Man
Genesis 26:13
and the man became rich and kept getting richer until he was very wealthy.
2 Samuel 19:32
Barzillai was a very old man—80 years old—and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the needs of the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.
Psalm 17:14 With Your hand, Lord, save me from men,
from men of the world
whose portion is in this life:
You fill their bellies with what You have in store;
their sons are satisfied,
and they leave their surplus to their children.
from men of the world
whose portion is in this life:
You fill their bellies with what You have in store;
their sons are satisfied,
and they leave their surplus to their children.
Psalm 73:3 For I envied the arrogant;
I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Luke 16:19 “There was a rich man who would dress in purple and fine linen, feasting lavishly every day.
Three thousand
Genesis 13:2
Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.
Job 1:3
His estate included 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 among all the people of the east.
Job 42:12
So the Lord blessed the last part of Job’s life more than the first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
Shearing
Genesis 38:13
Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”
2 Samuel 13:23
Two years later, Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.
Carmel
1 Samuel 30:5
David’s two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite, had also been kidnapped.
Joshua 15:55
Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,