1 Samuel 25:1 “When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they burie…”

1 Samuel 25:1

When 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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Samuel 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.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then Samuel dyed, and all Israel assembled, and mourned for him, and buried him in his owne house at Ramah. And Dauid arose and went downe to the wildernes of Paran.

Darby Translation

And 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.

Young's Literal Translation

And 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.

Bible in Basic English

And 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.

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Cross references

“A. M. 2944. B.C. 1060. Samuel”

1 Samuel 28:3

1 Samuel 28:3 · BSB

Now 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.

“lamented”

Numbers 20:29 Deuteronomy 34:8 Acts 8:2 Genesis 50:11

Numbers 20:29 · BSB

When the whole congregation saw that Aaron had died, the entire house of Israel mourned for him thirty days.

Deuteronomy 34:8 · BSB

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.

Acts 8:2 · BSB

God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.

Genesis 50:11 · BSB

When the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim.

“in this house”

2 Chronicles 33:20 1 Kings 2:34 1 Samuel 7:17 Isaiah 14:18

2 Chronicles 33:20 · BSB

And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried at his palace. And his son Amon reigned in his place.

1 Kings 2:34 · BSB

So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, struck down Joab, and killed him. He was buried at his own home in the wilderness.

1 Samuel 7:17 · BSB

Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.

Isaiah 14:18 · BSB

All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.

“the wilderness”

Genesis 21:21 Numbers 10:12 Numbers 13:3 Genesis 14:6 Numbers 12:16 Numbers 13:26

Genesis 21:21 · BSB

And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

Numbers 10:12 · BSB

and the Israelites set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, traveling from place to place until the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran.

Numbers 13:3 · BSB

So at the command of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites,

Genesis 14:6 · BSB

and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.

Numbers 12:16 · BSB

After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.

Numbers 13:26 · BSB

and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Now 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.

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