1 Samuel 25:2

1Sa 25:2 And [there was] a man in Maon, whose possessions [were] in Carmel; and the man [was] very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

Ver. 2. And there was a man. ] Or rather, A golden brute, χρυσουν προβατον , a - as Caligula called that rich wretch, his father-in-law, Syllanus, - or a great Colosse full of rubbish.

And he had three thousand sheep. ] Men’s wealth of old consisted most in their herds of cattle; whence money also in Latin hath its name: Omnis enim pecuniae pecus fuit fundamentum, saith Columella. b

a Dion.

b A pecudibus pecunia, et peculium. - Liv. vi.