1 Samuel 25 · Verse 1

1 Samuel 25:1

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.
1 Samuel 25:1, King James Version

1 Samuel 25:1 in other translations

BSBWhen 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.
WEBSamuel 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.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTAnd Samuel dieth, and all Israel are gathered, and mourn for him, and bury him in his house, in Ramah; and David riseth and goeth down unto the wilderness of Paran.
DARBYAnd Samuel died; and all Israel were gathered together, and lamented him; and they buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
BBEAnd death came to Samuel; and all Israel came together, weeping for him, and put his body in its resting-place in his house at Ramah. Then David went down to the waste land of Maon.
WebsterAnd Samuel died; and all the Israelites assembled, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

What does 1 Samuel 25:1 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
1Sa 25:1-9. Samuel Dies. 1. Samuel died--After a long life of piety and public usefulness, he left behind him a reputation which ranks him among the greatest of Scripture worthies. buried him in his house at Ramah--that is, his own mausoleum. 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. David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran--This removal had probably no connection with the prophet's death; but was probably occasioned by the necessity of seeking provision for his numerous followers. the wilderness of Paran--stretching from Sinai to the borders of Palestine in the southern territories of Judea. Like other wildernesses, it presented large tracts of natural pasture, to which the people sent their cattle at the grazing season, but where they were liable to constant and heavy depredations by prowling Arabs. David and his men earned their subsistence by making reprisals on the cattle of these freebooting Ishmaelites; and, frequently for their useful services, they obtained voluntary tokens of acknowledgment from the peaceful inhabitants.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Introduction

The death of Samuel, 1Sam 25:1. The history of Nabal, and his churlishness towards David and his men, 1Sam 25:2-12. David, determining to punish him, is appeased by Abigail, Nabal's wife, vv. 13-35. Abigail returns, and tells Nabal of the danger that he has escaped: who on hearing it is thunderstruck, and dies in ten days, 1Sam 25:36-38 David, hearing of this, sends and takes Abigail to wife, 1Sam 25:39-42. He marries also Ahinoam of Jezreel, Saul having given Michal, David's wife, to Phalti, the son of Laish, 1Sam 25:43, 1Sam 25:44. Verse 1 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, 1Sam 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
All Israel lamented Samuel, and they had reason. He prayed daily for them. Those have hard hearts, who can bury faithful ministers without grief; who do not feel their loss of those who have prayed for them, and taught them the way of the Lord.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

1 Samuel 25:1 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיָּ֣מָתvai.Ya.motand he diedH4191
שְׁמוּאֵ֔לshe.mu.'ElSamuelH8050
וַיִּקָּבְצ֤וּvai.yi.ka.ve.Tzuand they gathered togetherH6908
כָל\־khol-allH3605
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וַיִּסְפְּדוּ\־vai.yis.pe.du-and they mournedH5594
ל֔וֹlofor <the> him
וַיִּקְבְּרֻ֥הוּvai.yik.be.Ru.huand they buried himH6912
בְּבֵית֖וֹbe.vei.Toat house hisH1004
בָּרָמָ֑הba.ra.Mahin <the> RamahH7414
וַיָּ֣קָםvai.Ya.komand he aroseH6965
דָּוִ֔דda.VidDavidH1732
וַיֵּ֖רֶדvai.Ye.redand he went downH3381
אֶל\־'el-toH413
מִדְבַּ֥רmid.Bar[the] wilderness ofH4057
פָּארָֽן\׃\ \סpa.RanParanH6290

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Cross references for 1 Samuel 25:1

  • 1 Samuel 28:3

    Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.

  • Numbers 20:29

    And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

  • Deuteronomy 34:8

    And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:20

    So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

  • Acts 8:2

    And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

  • Genesis 21:21

    And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

  • Numbers 10:12

    And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.

  • 1 Kings 2:34

    So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

  • Numbers 13:3

    And Moses by the commandment of the Lord sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.

  • Psalms 120:5

    Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

  • Isaiah 14:18

    All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.

  • 1 Samuel 7:17

    And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1 Samuel dies.
2 David in Paran sends to Nabal.
10 Provoked by Nabal's churlishness, he minds to destroy him.
14 Abigail understanding thereof,
18 takes a present;
23 and by her wisdom,
32 pacifies David.
36 Nabal hearing thereof, dies.
39 David takes Abigail and Ahinoam to be his wives.
44 Michal is given to Phalti.

A.M. 2944. B.C. 1060. An. Ex. Is 431. Samuel.
28:3
lamented.
Ge 50:11; Nu 20:29; De 34:8; Ac 8:2
in this house.
7:17; 1Ki 2:34; 2Ch 33:20; Isa 14:18
the wilderness.
Ge 14:6; 21:21; Nu 10:12; 12:16; 13:3,26; Ps 120:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Samuel 25:1

    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.

  • 1 Samuel 25:2

    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.

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1 Samuel 25:1 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y MURIÓ Samuel, y juntóse todo Israel, y lo lloraron, y lo sepultaron en su casa en Rama. Y levantóse David, y se fué al desierto de Parán.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		*Et Samuel mourut; et tout Israël s’assembla, et se lamenta sur lui; et on l’enterra dans sa maison, à Rama. Et David se leva, et descendit au désert de Paran.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Samuel starb; und ganz Israel versammelte sich und klagte um ihn und begrub ihn in seinem Hause zu Rama. Und David machte sich auf und zog hinab in die Wüste Paran.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Mortuus est autem Samuel, et congregatus est universus Israël, et planxerunt eum, et sepelierunt eum in domo sua in Ramatha. Consurgensque David descendit in desertum Pharan.