1 Samuel 25:2
1 Samuel · Old Testament · Chapter 25
“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.”1 Samuel 25:2
What Does 1 Samuel 25:2 Mean?
1 Samuel 25:2 is found in the book of 1 Samuel, chapter 25, verse 2 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to 1 Samuel 25:2 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Genesis 38:13“And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.”Joshua 15:55“Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,”1 Samuel 23:24“And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.”2 Samuel 19:32“Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.”Luke 16:19“There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:”Genesis 13:2“And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.”Genesis 26:13“And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:”1 Samuel 30:5“And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.”2 Samuel 13:23“And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.”Job 1:3“His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.”Job 42:12“So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.”Psalms 73:3“For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.”1 Samuel 9:1“Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.”1 Samuel 15:12“And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.”Psalms 17:14“From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.”Daniel 2:48“Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.”Genesis 32:14“Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,”Joshua 12:22“The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;”Psalms 73:7“Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.”Amos 1:2“And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.”
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