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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...
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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 ...
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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 -...
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MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14.
POSSESSIONS WERE: or, business [was]....
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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25:2 Carmel; (d-12) In Judah. see Joshua 15:55 ....
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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Nabal's Foolishness...
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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...
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POSSESSIONS:
Or, business...
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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...
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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...
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1 Samuel 25:2 man H376 Maon H4584 business H4639 Carmel H3760 man H376
very H3966 rich H1419 three H7969 thou
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Samuel 23:24; 1 Samuel 30:5; 2 Samuel 13:23; 2 Samuel 13:24;...
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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...