Then arose he, and came in, and departed for Samaria, - the sheep-shearing house itself being on the road;

Now there was, a man, in Maon, whose cattle were in Carmel, and, the man, was exceeding great, and, he, had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats, - and so it was, that he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

And it was told Tamar saying, - Lo! thy father-in-law is going up towards Timnah, to the shearing of his sheep.

So then David heard in the wilderness, - that Nabal was shearing his sheep.