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1 Samuel 25:2

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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.

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1Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and mourned for him, and buried him at his house at Ramah. Then David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
2There 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.
3Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail. This woman was intelligent and had a beautiful face; but the man was surly and evil in his doings. He was of the house of Caleb.
4David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
5David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.

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