1 Samuel 25:2

A man in Maon. Though strictly by descent belonging to Maon (for which see on 1 Samuel 23:24 ), his possessions —rather, "his business," "occupation" (see Genesis 47:3 , and Ecclesiastes 4:3 , where it is translated work )— were in Carmel, the small town just north of Maon, where Saul set up a trophy at the end of the Amalekite war ( 1 Samuel 15:12 ), and to which Abigail belonged ( 1 Samuel 27:3 ). He is described as very great because of his wealth arising from his large flocks of sheep and goats, which fed upon the pasture land which forms the elevated plateau of Carmel, where he was shearing his sheep, usually a time of lavish hospitality ( 2 Samuel 13:23 , 2 Samuel 13:24 ).