I Księga Samuela 25:2

Biblia Brzeska

I był niektóry mąż w Maon, który miał imienie w Karmelu, a był człowiek bogaty, mając trzy tysiące owiec a tysiąc kóz. I trafiło się, iż strzygł owce swe w Karmelu.

Parallel Translations

Biblia Gdańska (1632)
A był niektóry mąż w Maon, który miał majętność na Karmelu; a on mąż był możny bardzo, mając owiec trzy tysiące, a tysiąc kóz; i trafiło się, że strzygł owce swoje na Karmelu.

Nowe Przymierze Zaremba
W Maon zaś żył pewien człowiek. Prowadził gospodarstwo w Karmelu. Był bardzo zamożny. Miał trzy tysiące owiec i tysiąc kóz, a odbywało się właśnie u niego w Karmelu strzyżenie owiec.

Nowa Biblia Gdańska (2012)
A w Maon był pewien mąż, mający swój dobytek w Karmelu. Był to człowiek bardzo zamożny; posiadał trzy tysiące owiec i tysiąc kóz, i właśnie był zajęty strzyżeniem swoich owiec w Karmelu.

Biblia Tysiąclecia
A był niektóry mąż w Maon, który miał majętność na Karmelu; a on mąż był możny bardzo, mając owiec trzy tysiące, a tysiąc kóz; i trafiło się, że strzygł owce swoje na Karmelu.

Uwspółcześniona Biblia Gdańska
A był pewien człowiek w Maon, który miał posiadłość w Karmelu. Był to człowiek zamożny: miał bowiem trzy tysiące owiec i tysiąc kóz. Wtedy właśnie strzygł swoje owce w Karmelu.

Biblia Warszawska
W Maon żył pewien mąż, który miał swoją posiadłość w Karmelu. Mąż ten był bardzo zamożny, miał bowiem trzy tysiące owiec i tysiąc kóz. Zajęty był właśnie strzyżeniem owiec w Karmelu.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Maon: 1 Samuel 23:24

possessions were: or, business was

Carmel: Not the famous mount Carmel, in the north of Canaan, and in the tribe of Asher; but a city, on a mountain of the same name, in the south of Judah, which seems to have given name to the surrounding territory. Eusebius and Jerome inform us, that there was in their time a town called Carmelia, ten miles east from Hebron, where the Romans kept a garrison, whose position well agrees with this Carmel.

man: Genesis 26:13, 2 Samuel 19:32, Psalms 17:14, Psalms 73:3-7, Luke 16:19-25

three thousand: Genesis 13:2, Job 1:3, Job 42:12

shearing: This was a very ancient custom, and appears to have been always attended with festivity. The ancient Romans, however, used to pluck off the wool from the sheep's backs; and hence a fleece was called vellus, a vellendo, from plucking it off. Pliny says, that in his time sheep were not shorn every where, but in some places the wool was still plucked off. Genesis 38:13, 2 Samuel 13:23, 2 Samuel 13:24

Carmel: 1 Samuel 30:5, Joshua 15:55

Reciprocal: Genesis 32:14 - General Joshua 12:22 - Carmel Judges 10:12 - the Maonites 1 Samuel 9:1 - power 1 Samuel 15:12 - Carmel Psalms 73:7 - have Daniel 2:48 - a great Amos 1:2 - Carmel

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 dwelling place; and that this is observed to show, that he did not dwell in a city, but had his habitation where his business lay, which was in Carmel, where his fields, gardens, and vineyards were: wherefore it follows,

whose possessions [were] in Carmel; not Carmel in the tribe of Issachar, but in the tribe of Judah, not far from Maon, and are mentioned together, Joshua 15:55- :; his cattle were there, his sheep particularly, for they are afterwards said to be shorn there; or "his work" r; his agriculture, his farming, where he was employed, or employed others in sowing seed, and planting trees:

and the man [was] very great; in worldly substance, though not in natural wisdom and knowledge, and especially in true religion and piety:

and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats; so the substance of men in those times was generally described by the cattle they had, whether of the herd or flock, in which it chiefly lay:

and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel; which was the custom in Judea and Syria, and was a very ancient one, as early as the times of Judah, yea, of Laban, see Genesis 31:19; though the old Romans used to pluck off the wool from the sheep's backs; hence a fleece of wool was called "vellus [a] vellendo", from the plucking it off; and Pliny says s, in his time, that sheep were not shorn everywhere, but in some places the custom of plucking off the wool continued; and who elsewhere observes t, that the time of shearing was in June or July, or thereabouts; at which times a feast was made, and it is for the sake of that this is observed.

r מעשהו "opus ejus", Montanus, Vatablus; "eujus opus", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. s Nat. Hist. l. 8. c. 48. t Ibid. l. 18. c. 27.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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-masters Genesis 38:12-13; 2 Samuel 13:23-24.