THEOSISTheodoret of Cyrus
In this context, Carmel Eusebius of Caesarea is not referring to a mountain, but rather to a village that still bears the same name today. This village is located to the south of Jerusalem, where it is said that Nabal lived.
1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 25:2Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Now there was a certain man in the wilderness of Maon, and his possessions were in Carmel, and the man was very great: and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and it happened that he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
וְאִ֨ישׁ בְּמָע֜וֹן וּמַעֲשֵׂ֣הוּ בַכַּרְמֶ֗ל וְהָאִישׁ֙ גָּד֣וֹל מְאֹ֔ד וְל֛וֹ צֹ֥אן שְׁלֹֽשֶׁת־אֲלָפִ֖ים וְאֶ֣לֶף עִזִּ֑ים וַיְהִ֛י בִּגְזֹ֥ז אֶת־צֹאנ֖וֹ בַּכַּרְמֶֽל׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 Sam 23:24And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: and David and his men were in the desert of Maon, in the plain at the right hand of Jesimon.
- Josh 15:55Maon and Carmel and Ziph and Jota,
- Gen 38:13And it was told Thamar that her father-in-law was come up to Thamnas to shear his sheep.
- Luke 16:19There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and feasted sumptuously every day.
- Luke 16:25And Abraham said to him: Son, remember that thou didst receive good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted and thou art tormented.
- Job 1:3And his possession was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a family exceedingly great: and this man was great among all the people of the east.
- Gen 26:13And the man was enriched, and he went on prospering and increasing, till he became exceeding great.
- Ps 73 (72):3