9 Bible Verses about Encampments

Three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam, while the army of the Philistines was camped in the Valley of Rephaim.

Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in huts (temporary shelters), and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field. Should I go to my house to eat and drink and lie with my wife? By your life and the life of your soul, I will not do this thing.”

They journeyed from Succoth [in Goshen] and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness.

Then Jethro, his father-in-law, came with Moses’ sons and his wife to [join] Moses in the wilderness where he was camped, at the mountain of God [that is, Mt. Sinai in Horeb].

Then the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, gathered together and went up, they with all their armies, and they camped by Gibeon and fought against it.

And Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Libnah to Lachish, and they camped by it and fought against it.

And Joshua and all Israel with him went on from Lachish to Eglon, and they camped by it and fought against it.

They moved out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea (Sea of Reeds). They moved out from the Red Sea and camped in the Wilderness of Sin. They moved out from the Wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah. read more.
They moved out from Dophkah and camped at Alush. They moved out from Alush and camped at Rephidim; now it was there that the people had no water to drink. They moved out from Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai [where they remained for about a year]. They moved out from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah. They moved out from Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth. They moved out from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah [near Kadesh, the place from which the twelve spies were sent to spy out the land of Canaan]. They moved out from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez. They moved out from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah. They moved out from Libnah and camped at Rissah. They moved out from Rissah and camped at Kehelathah. They moved out from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher. They moved out from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah. They moved out from Haradah and camped at Makheloth. They moved out from Makheloth and camped at Tahath. They moved out from Tahath and camped at Terah. They moved out from Terah and camped at Mithkah. They moved out from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah. They moved out from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth. They moved out from Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan. They moved out from Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad. They moved out from Hor-haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah. They moved out from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah. They moved out from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber [or Elath on the gulf of Aqabah]. They moved out from Ezion-geber and camped in the Wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh. They moved out from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the edge of the land of Edom. Aaron the priest went up on Mount Hor at the command of the Lord, and died there in the fortieth year after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, on the first day of the fifth month. Aaron was a hundred and twenty-three years old when he died on Mount Hor. The Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev (the South country) in the land of Canaan, heard that the sons of Israel were coming. They moved out from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah. Then they moved out from Zalmonah and camped at Punon. They moved out from Punon and camped at Oboth. They moved out from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim, on the border of Moab. They moved out from Iyim (Iye-abarim) and camped at Dibon-gad. They moved out from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim. They moved out from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim, before [Mount] Nebo. They moved out from the mountains of Abarim and camped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho [their last stop on the journey to Canaan]. They camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.

Now Nahash the Ammonite [king] went up and besieged Jabesh-gilead; and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a treaty [of peace] with us and we will serve you.”