Bible Strands
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
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Study note
Setting — The narrator concludes the account of Samuel’s death and national mourning, then records David’s departure into the Wilderness of Paran.
The words — וַ/יָּ֣מָת (va/i.Ya.mot) = and/ he died, and וַ/יִּסְפְּדוּ\־ (va/i.yis.pe.du-) = and/ they mourned, which frame the formal end of Samuel’s public life.
The thread — The text’s pattern of corporate mourning for a departed leader runs through 1 Samuel 28:3, Numbers 20:29, and Deuteronomy 34:8.
Why it lands — It demands recognition of the narrative pivot from the prophetic era to David’s wilderness period, noting the structural contrast between Israel’s public rites and David’s isolated movement.
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The Hebrew words
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.
Cross-references
- 1 Samuel 28:3 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.
- Numbers 20:29 When the whole congregation saw that Aaron had died, the entire house of Israel mourned for him thirty days.
- Deuteronomy 34:8 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.
- 2 Chronicles 33:20 And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried at his palace. And his son Amon reigned in his place.
- Genesis 21:21 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 and the Israelites set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, traveling from place to place until the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran.
- Acts 8:2 God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.
- Numbers 13:3 So at the command of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites,
- 1 Kings 2:34 So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, struck down Joab, and killed him. He was buried at his own home in the wilderness.
- Genesis 14:6 and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.