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1 Samuel 25:2

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1 When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.

Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.

3 His name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.

4 While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.

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BSB
Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.
KJV
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.
WEB
There was a man in Maon whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great. He had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats; and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
ASV
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.
DARBY
And there was a man at Maon, whose business was at Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats; and he was shearing his sheep at Carmel.
BLB
And [there was] a man in Maon, and his work [was] in Carmel. And the man [was] very rich, and He had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. And he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
ÅB
I Maon var det en mann som hadde sin buskap i Karmel. Det var en meget rik mann; han eide tre tusen sauer og tusen geiter. Han holdt akkurat på å klippe sauene sine i Karmel.
OTB
Det var en mann i Maon som hadde sin virksomhet i Karmel; og denne mannen var svært rik, eide tre tusen sauer og tusen geiter. En anledning kom da han var i ferd med å klippe sauene sine i Karmel—
B1930
I Maon var det en mann som hadde sin buskap i Karmel. Det var en meget rik mann; han eide tre tusen får og tusen gjeter. Han holdt just på å klippe sine får i Karmel.

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