- because of Gedaliah:
- or, near Gedaliah, Heb. by the hand, or the side of Gedaliah. was it. "But these¹ fiveª kingsª fled,ª° and hid²° themselves¹ in a caveª at Makkedah.ª ... And Joshuaª said,ª° Rollª° greatª stonesª upon¹ the mouthª of the cave,ª and setª° men²¹ by¹ it for to keepª° them:" {Jsh 10:16-18} + "And the handª of Midianª prevailedª° against¹ Israel:ª [and] becauseª¹ of the Midianitesª the childrenª of Israelª madeª° them¹ the densª which¹ [are] in the mountains,ª and caves,ª and strong holds.ª" {Jdg 6:2} + "When the menª of Israelª sawª° that¹ they were in a strait,ª° (for¹ the peopleª were distressed,)ª° then the peopleª did hide²° themselves¹ in caves,ª and in thickets,ª and in rocks,ª and in high places,ª and in pits.ª" {1Sm 13:6} + "And bothª of them discovered²° themselves¹ unto¹ the garrisonª of the Philistines:ª and the Philistinesª said,ª° Behold,¹ the Hebrewsª come forthª° out of¹ the holesª where¹¹ they had hid²° themselves.¹" {1Sm 14:11} + "Likewise all¹ the menª of Israelª which had hid²° themselves¹ in mountª Ephraim,ª [when] they heardª° that¹ the Philistinesª fled,ª° even they¹ also¹ followed hardª° afterª them in the battle.ª" {1Sm 14:22} + "And he cameª° to¹ the sheepcotesªª by¹ the way,ª where¹ [was] a cave;ª and Saulª went inª° to coverª°¹ his feet:ª and Davidª and his men²¹ remainedª° in the sidesª of the cave.ª" {1Sm 24:3} + "Behold,¹ he¹ is hidª° now¹ in someª pit,ª or¹ in someª [other] place:ª and it will come to pass,¹ when some of them be overthrownª° at the first,ª that whosoever²° hearethª° it will say,ª° There is¹ a slaughterª among the peopleª that¹ followª Absalom.ª" {2Sm 17:9} + "(Of whomª the¹ worldª wasª° notª worthy:)² they¹ wanderedª° inª deserts,ª andª [in] mountains,ª andª [in] densª andª cavesª of the¹ earth.ª" {Hbr 11:38}
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