1 Samuel 25:2
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Samuel 25:2 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Samuel 25:2 is a verse from the book of 1 Samuel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand she..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Samuel 25:2 — 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. possessions: or, business”
— 1 Samuel 25:2 (KJV)
1 Samuel 25:2 in Context — About the Book of 1 Samuel
1 Samuel traces Israel's shift from judges to kings through three lives: Samuel the prophet, Saul the rejected king, and David the shepherd anointed in secret. It is rich with prayer — Hannah's desperate plea for a child opens the book and becomes a template for praying through tears.
Cross-References for 1 Samuel 25:2
“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. substance: or, cattle household: or, husbandry men: Heb. sons”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 25:2: very, great, three
“And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 25:2: whose, very, great
“And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth.”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 25:2: great, three, sheep
“So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me. in time...: Heb. to morrow”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 25:2: very, sheep, goats
“And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 25:2: very, sheep, goats
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