פירוש על שמואל א 25:2

There was a man in Ma'on. The name of the city.¹Not to be mistook for מָעוֹן meaning a dwelling, as in Tehillim 26:8, but rather, it is the city mentioned in Yehoshua 15:55, and it was located in Yehudah’s territory, the tribe of which Novol was a member.

Whose business. His cattle and possessions.

Wealthy. [Literally 'very great'], meaning wealthy.

It was the time when he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. One day, when the time of his sheep shearing came around, he was in Carmel. His custom was to make a party and a festive day for the sheep shearers.