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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Carmelite

Here it means someone from Carmel in Judah's hill country, not Mount Carmel in the north. Nabal was a Carmelite, the rich fool who insulted David, and so was his wife Abigail, who married David after Nabal died.

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First, in plain English

Here it means someone from Carmel in Judah's hill country, not Mount Carmel in the north. Nabal was a Carmelite, the rich fool who insulted David, and so was his wife Abigail, who married David after Nabal died.

Who this is

Carmelite here means someone from the town of Carmel in Judah's hill country, not from Mount Carmel further north. Nabal, the wealthy but foolish Carmelite who insulted David, and his wife Abigail, who became David's wife after Nabal's death, are the best known Carmelites in the Bible.

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The word

H3761

Where it appears
  • 1 Samuel 30:5
  • 2 Samuel 2:2
  • 2 Samuel 3:3
  • 2 Samuel 23:35
  • 1 Chronicles 11:37

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