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1 Samuel 25:1 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 25 · verse 1
And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.1 Samuel 25:1 · King James Version
1 Samuel 25:1 in context
1And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
2And 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.
3Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- IsraelitesYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- togetherqâbatsto graspH6908 →
- lamentedçâphadproperly, to tear the hair and beat the breastsH5594 →
- SamuelShᵉmûwʼêlShemuel, the name of three IsraelitesH8050 →
- buriedqâbarto interH6912 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
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We have here a short account of Samuel's death and burial. 1. Though he was a great man, and one that was admirably well qualified for public service, yet he spent the latter end of his days in retirement and obscurity, not because he was superannuated (for he knew how to preside in a college of the prophets, Sa1…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary