Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Samuel 25:2
Carmel — In some part of this wilderness Israel wandered, when they came out of Egypt. The place would bring to mind God's care concerning them, which David might now improve for his own encouragement.
Carmel — In some part of this wilderness Israel wandered, when they came out of Egypt. The place would bring to mind God's care concerning them, which David might now improve for his own encouragement.
CARMEL - Not Mount Carmel on the west of the plain of Esdraelon, but the Carmel close to Maon (marginal references). SHEARING HIS SHEEP - Which was always a time of open-handed hospitality among flock...
CHAPTER 25 _ 1. The death of Samuel (1 Samuel 25:1)_ 2. Nabal and his refusal (1 Samuel 25:2) 3. Abigail's deed and her prayer (1 Samuel 25:14) 4. David's answer to Abigail ...
1 SAMUEL 25:1 A. (TO RAMAH). DEATH AND BURIAL OF SAMUEL. (An editorial addition.) 1 SAMUEL 25:1. IN HIS HOUSE: in the grounds belonging to it. 1 Samuel 25:1 b -...
MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14. POSSESSIONS WERE: or, business [was]....
Nabal's churlish behaviour to David 2. _a man in Maon_ Nabal's home was in the city of Maon, and his possessions (or, HIS BUSINESS) about a mile to the north at Carmel. These places are mentioned tog...
_Nabal's Shameful Treatment of David._ 1 Samuel 25:2-13 2 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 thous...
_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._ There was...
25:2 Carmel; (d-12) In Judah. see Joshua 15:55 ....
DEATH OF SAMUEL. THE INCIDENT OF NABAL. DAVID AND ABIGAIL 1. Paran] That part of the desert between Sinai and Palestine which bordered on Judah....
POSSESSIONS] rather, 'occupation,' 'business.' CARMEL] see on 1 Samuel 15:12. GREAT] has frequently the meaning of 'rich': cp. 2 Samuel 19:32. SHEARING HIS SHEEP] A special occasion for festivity and...
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 25 SAMUEL THE *PROPHET DIES V1 Samuel died. All the *Israelites met together and were very sad. Then they buried Samuel in his home town of Ra...
MAON. — Maon mentioned above was in the hill country of Judah. The Carmel here mentioned is not the famous Mount Carmel in the north, but the small town, the modern Kurmeel, near Maon, of which we rea...
וְ אִ֨ישׁ בְּ מָעֹ֜ון וּ מַעֲשֵׂ֣הוּ בַ
CHAPTER XXXII. _ DAVID AND NABAL._ 1 Samuel 25:1. WE should be forming far too low an estimate of the character of the people of Israel if we did not believe that they were very profoundly moved by...
A RICH MAN'S CHURLISHNESS 1 Samuel 25:2 This Carmel was a city in the mountains of Judah, ten miles south of Hebron. See Joshua 15:55. Though a descendant of Caleb, Nabal had none of that hero's spir...
We now have the account of Samuel's death. Notwithstanding all Israel's failure to realize his high ideals, it was impossible that they should not recognize his greatness, and it is easy to believe th...
And [there was] a man in (b) 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. (b...
_Maon. Vatican Septuagint has the same word in the preceding verse, instead of Pharan. (Haydock) --- Possessions. Hebrew, "work." Cattle then formed the chief source of riches. Carmel and Maon were no...
(2) В¶ 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. Probab...
We enter now on a portion of David's history sensibly different from what we have already had, which closed with the efforts of Jonathan to restore matters and to attach Saul to him at least openly. J...
At length Samuel dies. This forms an epoch, because he who was the true link between the people and God was gone. Israel acknowledged him when dead, although they had despised him while living. And no...
AND [THERE WAS] A MAN IN MAON,.... A city of the tribe of Judah, from whence the wilderness had its name before mentioned; of which place, see Joshua 15:55; though Ben Gersom takes it to signify a dwe...
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. Ver. 2...
_Whose possessions were in Carmel_ In some part of this wilderness Israel wandered, when they came out of Egypt. The place would bring to David's mind God's care over them, which he might now improve...
1 Samuel dieth. 2 Dauid in Paran sendeth to Nabal. 10 Prouoked by Nabals churlishnesse, hee mindeth to destroy him. 14 Abigail vnderstanding thereof, 18 taketh a present, 23 and by her wisedome...
And there was a man in Maon, 1 Samuel 23:24, a city southeast of Hebron, WHOSE POSSESSIONS WERE IN CARMEL, he had his herds and flocks on the mountain-meadows near the city, in the elevated plain of J...
Nabal's Foolishness...
David's moral victory over Saul and over his own natural instincts has been most admirable. However, in this chapter we see him showing just the opposite attitude. It seems hardly possible that this c...
POSSESSIONS: Or, business...
2-11 We should not have heard of Nabal, if nothing had passed between him and David. Observe his name, Nabal, "A fool;" so it signifies. Riches make men look great in the eye of the world; but to one...
MAON; a place in or near to the wilderness of Paran. See 1 SAMUEL 23:24. CARMEL; not that Carmel in Issachar, of which see 1 SAMUEL 15:12 1 KINGS 18:19; but another in the tribe of Judah, near unto Ma...
1 Samuel 25:2 man H376 Maon H4584 business H4639 Carmel H3760 man H376 very H3966 rich H1419 three H7969 thou
THE END OF A PROPHET AND AN INTRODUCTION TO A FOOL (1 SAMUEL 25:1). The death of Samuel introduces a period of folly, possibly in order to bring out what the loss of his influence resulted in. This pe...
CONTENTS: Samuel's death; David and Nabal. Abigail becomes David's wife, and also Ahinoam. CHARACTERS: God, David, Samuel, Nabal, Abigail. CONCLUSION: Let the believer be encouraged to commit his ca...
1 Samuel 25:1. _Samuel died,_ four months, say the rabbins, before the death of Saul. The elders of the nation from all the tribes attended, to behold the glory of a setting sun, which left its lustre...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 25:2 “The wilderness of Paran” (v. 1 Samuel 25:1) usually refers to the northeastern part of the Sinai peninsula ...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 25:2. “MAON.” A city of Judah (Joshua 15:55), situated on a hill now called _Tell Main_, about seven or eight miles south of Hebron. It is now in ruins. “CARMEL...
EXPOSITION DEATH OF SAMUEL (1 Samuel 25:1). 1 SAMUEL 25:1 AND SAMUEL DIED. According to Josephus, Samuel had for eighteen years been contemporaneous with Saul's kingdom. If this calculation, which p...
Now Samuel died; and all of the Israelites were gathered together, and lamenting him, and they buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. And there wa...
1 Samuel 23:24; 1 Samuel 30:5; 2 Samuel 13:23; 2 Samuel 13:24;...