1 Samuel 25:1
in 1 Samuel 25When 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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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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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This verse in 1 Samuel 25
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
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.
This site's exposition
buried him in his house at Ramah
Samuel's death is told in a single verse, and all Israel mourns him and buries him at Ramah before the narrative moves at once to Nabal. The last judge and the seer who anointed both kings is now gone, and three chapters later Saul will find no answer from the Lord and go looking for Samuel by other means at Endor. The word of the Lord that had grown rare before Samuel's birth loses its plainest voice in Israel, though David's own path continues under God's hand.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church2 voices
(I Reg. XXV.) Samuel died, etc. The shadow predicting truth to come waned with the dawning Gospel, nor could the people be removed from the rites of the customary ceremonies without sorrow, which they did not doubt had been established by the institution of the …
But David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran. Paran is interpreted as wild ass, or fruitful, or their fierceness. Therefore, with the type of prophecy ceasing, and with Rama, that is in Christ, as it is said, and the Church fulfilled, Judea …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Samuel died,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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.
And Samuel died - Samuel lived, as is supposed, about ninety-eight years; was in the government of Israel before Saul from sixteen to twenty years; and ceased to live, according to the Jews, about four months before the death of Saul; but according to Calmet and others, two years. But all this is very uncertain; how long he died before Saul, cannot be ascertained. For some account of his character, see the end of the chapter, 1Sa 25:44 (note). Buried him in his house - Probably this means, not his dwelling-house, but the house or tomb he had made for his sepulture; and thus the Syriac and Arabic seem to have understood it. David - went down to the wilderness of Paran - This was either on the confines of Judea, or in Arabia Petraea, between the mountains of Judah and Mount Sinai; it is evident from the history that it was not far from Carmel, on the south confines of Judah.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּ֣מָת | vaiyamot | and he died | H4191 → | 839 times |
| שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל | shemuel | Samuel | H8050 → | 141 times |
| וַיִּקָּבְצ֤וּ | vaiyikavetzu | and they gathered together | H6908 → | 127 times |
| כָל־ | khol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וַיִּסְפְּדוּ־ | vaiyispedu- | and they mourned | H5594 → | |
| ל֔וֹ | lo | for <the> him | ||
| וַיִּקְבְּרֻ֥הוּ | vaiyikberuhu | and they buried him | H6912 → | 133 times |
| בְּבֵית֖וֹ | beveito | at house his | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| בָּרָמָ֑ה | baramah | in <the> Ramah | H7414 → | 36 times |
| וַיָּ֣קָם | vaiyakom | and he arose | H6965 → | 628 times |
| דָּוִ֔ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| וַיֵּ֖רֶד | vaiyered | and he went down | H3381 → | 381 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מִדְבַּ֥ר | midbar | [the] wilderness of | H4057 → | 270 times |
| פָּארָֽן׃ ס | paran | Paran | H6290 → |
וַיָּ֣מָתand he died
vaiyamotH4191 →839 times
שְׁמוּאֵ֔לSamuel
shemuelH8050 →141 times
וַיִּקָּבְצ֤וּand they gathered together
vaiyikavetzuH6908 →127 times
כָל־all
khol-H3605 →5413 times
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וַיִּסְפְּדוּ־and they mourned
vaiyispedu-H5594 →
ל֔וֹfor <the> him
lo
וַיִּקְבְּרֻ֥הוּand they buried him
vaiyikberuhuH6912 →133 times
בְּבֵית֖וֹat house his
beveitoH1004 →2046 times
בָּרָמָ֑הin <the> Ramah
baramahH7414 →36 times
וַיָּ֣קָםand he arose
vaiyakomH6965 →628 times
דָּוִ֔דDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
וַיֵּ֖רֶדand he went down
vaiyeredH3381 →381 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מִדְבַּ֥ר[the] wilderness of
midbarH4057 →270 times
פָּארָֽן׃ סParan
paranH6290 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 34:8The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.
it 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 separate paths from here.
- Acts 8:2
God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.
Reached by 2 separate 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.
- Numbers 20:29
Through
1 Samuel 28:3Now 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.
it 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.
- Leviticus 19:31
Through
Numbers 20:29When the whole congregation saw that Aaron had died, the entire house of Israel mourned for him thirty days.
it 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.
- Deuteronomy 34:8
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
3 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonUnited MonarchyDavidSecond king of united Israel, shepherd-turned-monarch, ancestor of the Messiah, and traditional author of many Psalms.
- PersonJudges to monarchySamuelAsked of God by Hannah and lent to the LORD at Shiloh; the last judge and first of the prophets after Moses, who anointed both Sau…
- PlaceHill country of EphraimRamahSamuel's home town, the seat of his circuit as judge, the place David fled to, and the prophet's burial place.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Bede, Commentary on Samuel; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).