1 Samuel 25:1 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 25:1

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.

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ASV

And Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

In his house at Ramah - Probably in the court or garden attached to his dwelling-house. (Compare 2Ch 33:20; 2Ki 21:18; Joh 19:41.) The wilderness of Paran - The Septuagint has the far more probable reading “Maon.” The wilderness of Paran lay far off to the south, on the borders of the wilderness of Sinai Num 10:12; 1Ki 11:18, whereas the following verse 1Sa 25:2 shows that the scene is laid in the immediate neighborhood of Maon.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The Hebrews took as great care to provide sepulchers anciently as people do in the East still, where every respectable family has its own house of the dead. Often this is in a little detached garden, containing a small stone building (where there is no rock), resembling a house, which is called the sepulcher of the family--it has neither door nor window.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּ֣מָת	vai.Ya.mot	and he died	H4191 →
שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל	she.mu.'El	Samuel	H8050 →
וַיִּקָּבְצ֤וּ	vai.yi.ka.ve.Tzu	and they gathered together	H6908 →
כָל־	khol-	all	H3605 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
וַיִּסְפְּדוּ־	vai.yis.pe.du-	and they mourned	H5594 →
ל֔וֹ	lo	for <the> him
וַיִּקְבְּרֻ֥הוּ	vai.yik.be.Ru.hu	and they buried him	H6912 →
בְּבֵית֖וֹ	be.vei.To	at house his	H1004 →
בָּרָמָ֑ה	ba.ra.Mah	in <the> Ramah	H7414 →
וַיָּ֣קָם	vai.Ya.kom	and he arose	H6965 →
דָּוִ֔ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
וַיֵּ֖רֶד	vai.Ye.red	and he went down	H3381 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
מִדְבַּ֥ר	mid.Bar	[the] wilderness of	H4057 →
פָּארָֽן׃ ס	pa.Ran	Paran	H6290 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Deuteronomy 34:8
The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.
leads to
- Numbers 20:29
  When the whole congregation saw that Aaron had died, the entire house of Israel mourned for him thirty days.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Acts 8:2
  God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 50:3
  taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
- Genesis 50:10
  When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.
Through
1 Samuel 28:3
Now by this time Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had removed the mediums and spiritists from the land.
leads to
- Leviticus 19:31
  You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.
- Leviticus 20:27
  A man or a woman who is a medium or spiritist must surely be put to death. They shall be stoned; their blood is upon them.’”
- Exodus 22:18
  You must not allow a sorceress to live.
Through
Numbers 20:29
When the whole congregation saw that Aaron had died, the entire house of Israel mourned for him thirty days.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 34:8
  The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.

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