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 is great, and goeth on, going on and becoming great, till that he hath been very great,
2 Samuel 19:32
and Barzillai is very aged, a son of eighty years, and he hath sustained the king in his abiding in Mahanaim, for he is a very great man;
Psalm 17:14
From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion is in life, And with Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied with sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings.
Psalm 73:3
The peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at their death,
Luke 16:19
And -- a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day,

Three thousand

Genesis 13:2
and Abram is exceedingly wealthy in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
Job 1:3
and his substance is seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred pairs of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a service very abundant; and that man is greater than any of the sons of the east.
Job 42:12
And Jehovah hath blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning, and he hath fourteen thousand of a flock, and six thousand camels, and a thousand pairs of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

Shearing

Genesis 38:13
And it is declared to Tamar, saying, 'Lo, thy husband's father is going up to Timnath to shear his flock;'
2 Samuel 13:23
And it cometh to pass, after two years of days, that Absalom hath shearers in Baal-Hazor, which is with Ephraim, and Absalom calleth for all the sons of the king.

Carmel

1 Samuel 30:5
And the two wives of David have been taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail wife of Nabal the Carmelite;
Joshua 15:55
Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,