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

Bible References

Man

Genesis 26:13
And the man waxed mighty, and went forth and grew till he was exceeding great,
2 Samuel 19:32
which Barzillai was a very aged man, even four score year old, and had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim: for he was a man of very great substance.
Psalm 17:14
From the men of thy hand, O LORD, from the men, I say, and from the evil world, which have their portion in this life, whose bellies thou fillest with thy hid treasure.
Psalm 73:3
And why? I was grieved at the wicked, to see the ungodly in such prosperity.
Luke 16:19
"There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple, and fine bysse, and fared deliciously every day.

Three thousand

Genesis 13:2
Abram was very rich in cattle, silver and gold.
Job 1:3
His substance was seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred she-asses, and a very great household: so that he was one of the most principal men among all them of the east country.
Job 42:12
And the LORD made Job richer than he was before: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand asses.

Shearing

Genesis 38:13
And one told Tamar, saying, "Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnath, to shear his sheep."
2 Samuel 13:23
And it happened, two year after, that Absalom had a sheep shearing in Baal Hazor besides the tribe of Ephraim, and bade all the king's sons.

Carmel

1 Samuel 30:5
And David's two wives were taken prisoners also: Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
Joshua 15:55
Maon, Carmel, Ziph, and Juttah;