Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.
When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”
Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,
So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Wilderness of Maon in the Arabah south
Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons of the king.
David’s two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken captive.
And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.
and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job w
So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and
Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he
and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.
from such men, O LORD, by Your hand—from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of You