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.
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- KJV 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.
- BSB 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.
- NKJV Then Samuel died; and the Israelites gathered together and lamented for him, and buried him at his home in Ramah. And David arose and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.
- NASB Then Samuel died; and all Israel assembled and mourned for him, and they buried him at his house in Ramah. And David set out and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
- NLT Now Samuel died, and all Israel gathered for his funeral. They buried him at his house in Ramah. Then David moved down to the wilderness of Maon.
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Quick answer
Samuel dies and all Israel mourns him; David moves to the wilderness of Paran. The passing of the great prophet marks the end of an era as David presses on.
Overview
Samuel, the prophet who anointed both Saul and David, dies and is mourned by the whole nation, a sign of his honored standing. His death removes a stabilizing spiritual presence and heightens the uncertainty of the times. David withdraws further into the wilderness, continuing his life as a fugitive who must now walk by faith with one less godly guide, trusting the Lord who outlives every servant He raises up.
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- 1 Sam 28:3Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had mourned for him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. Saul had put away those who had familiar spirits the wizards, out of the land.
- Num 20:29When all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
- Deut 34:8The children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses were ended.
- 2 Chr 33:20So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house; and Amon his son reigned in his place.
- Num 10:12The children of Israel went forward according to their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud stayed in the wilderness of Paran.
- Gen 21:21He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.
- Acts 8:2Devout men buried Stephen, and lamented greatly over him.
- 1 Kgs 2:34Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and fell on him, and killed him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
- Num 13:3Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of Yahweh. All them were men who were heads of the children of Israel.
- Isa 14:18All the kings of the nations, sleep in glory, everyone in his own house.
- Num 12:16Afterward the people traveled from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.
- Gen 14:6and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to El Paran, which is by the wilderness.
- 1 Sam 7:17His return was to Ramah, for his house was there; and he judged Israel there; and he built an altar to Yahweh there.
- Num 13:26They went and came to Moses, to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them and to all the congregation. They showed them the fruit of the land.
- Ps 120:5Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
- Gen 50:11When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, “This is a grievous mourning by the Egyptians.” Therefore its name was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
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