Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
in Carmel—now Kurmul. The district takes its name from this town, now a mass of ruins; and about a mile from it is Tell Main, the hillock on which stood ancient Maon.
the man was very great—His property consisted in cattle, and he was considered wealthy, according to the ideas of that age.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Samuel 25:2:
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1 Samuel 25:1
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