The Death of Samuel

25 Now Samuel died, and all Israel gathered for his funeral. They buried him at his house in Ramah.

Nabal Angers David

Then David moved down to the wilderness of Maon.^[a]

³ Meanwhile, Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him. He was buried in Ramah, his hometown. And Saul had banned from the land of Israel all mediums and those who consult the spirits of the dead.

⁸ The people of Israel mourned for Moses on the plains of Moab for thirty days, until the customary period of mourning was over.

²⁹ When the people realized that Aaron had died, all Israel mourned for him thirty days.

²⁰ When Manasseh died, he was buried in his palace. Then his son Amon became the next king.

² (Some devout men came and buried Stephen with great mourning.)

¹² So the Israelites set out from the wilderness of Sinai and traveled on from place to place until the cloud stopped in the wilderness of Paran.

²¹ and he settled in the wilderness of Paran. His mother arranged for him to marry a woman from the land of Egypt.

³⁴ So Benaiah son of Jehoiada returned to the sacred tent and killed Joab, and he was buried at his home in the wilderness.

³ So Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He sent out twelve men, all tribal leaders of Israel, from their camp in the wilderness of Paran.