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1 Samuel 25:2

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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.

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.

3 Now 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.

4 And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his 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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