1 Samuel 25:2

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.

Man

Luke 16:19

Three thousand

Genesis 13:2

Job 1:3

Job 42:12

Shearing

Genesis 38:13

2 Samuel 13:23

Carmel

1 Samuel 30:5

Joshua 15:55

Bible References

Man

And the man waxed mighty, and went forth and grew till he was exceeding great,

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.

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.

And why? I was grieved at the wicked, to see the ungodly in such prosperity.

"There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple, and fine bysse, and fared deliciously every day.

Three thousand

Abram was very rich in cattle, silver and gold.

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.

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

And one told Tamar, saying, "Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnath, to shear his sheep."

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

And David's two wives were taken prisoners also: Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

Maon, Carmel, Ziph, and Juttah;