29 Bible Verses about Peoples Who Fled

People will go into caves in the rocks and into holes in the ground because of Jehovah's terrifying presence and the honor of his majesty when he rises to shake the earth.

Men will seek death in those days and will not find it. They will desire to die and death will elude them.

The Valley of Siddim was full of bitumen (tar) pits. As the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into them. The rest fled to the hill country.

The ones among the servants of Pharaoh who respected the word of Jehovah made his servants and his livestock flee into the houses.

Moses held out his hand over the sea. At daybreak the water returned to its normal level. The Egyptians tried to escape from the water. But Jehovah threw them into the sea.

and Beriah and Shema, who were heads of families of those living in Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath.

They crossed the Jordan River during its seasonal flooding at the beginning of the year and drove out all the people living in the lowlands on both the east and west banks.

They flee from the sword, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow and from the heat of battle.

Fugitives and refugees from Babylon are coming to Zion to tell about the vengeance of Jehovah our God, the vengeance for his temple.

The Ammonites saw the Syrians (Arameans) running away. They fled from Abishai and retreated into the city. Then Joab turned back from fighting the Ammonites and went back to Jerusalem.

When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans were fleeing, they too fled before his brother Abishai and went inside the city. So Joab went back to Jerusalem.

Joab and his men advanced to attack the Syrians. The Syrians retreated.

and the Israelites drove the Syrian army back. David and his men killed seven hundred Syrian chariot drivers and forty thousand cavalry. They wounded Shobach, the enemy commander, who died on the battlefield.

Each one killed his opponent. The Syrians (Aramaeans) went in flight with Israel after them. Benhadad the king of Aram got away safely on a horse with his horsemen.

The rest went in flight to Aphek, into the town, where a wall came down on the twenty-seven thousand who were still living. Benhadad went in flight into the town, into an inner room.

The Syrians arose and fled while it was yet dark. They left their tents, and their horses, and their donkeys in the camp and fled for their lives.

Then Joab and the troops with him advanced to fight the Arameans, and they fled before him.

But they fled before Israel, and David killed seven thousand of their charioteers and forty thousand of their foot soldiers. He also killed Shophach the commander of their army.

What do I see in them? They are terrified. They are retreating. Their warriors are defeated. They flee without looking back. Terror is all around them! declares Jehovah.

Every man stood in his place around the camp. The army ran, and cried, and fled.

When they came to the camp the Israelites attacked them and drove them back. The Israelites kept up the pursuit, killing the Moabites.

My heart cries out for Moab! The people have fled to the town of Zoar, and to Eglath Shelishiyah. Some climb the road to Luhith. They weep as they go. Some escape to Horonaim, grieving loudly.

All the men of Israel who had taken cover in the mountains of Ephraim, hearing that the Philistines had been put to flight chased them and attacked them.

He ran to him and stood over him. David took Goliath's sword out of its sheath and cut off his head to kill him. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead they ran away.

Then there was a war with the Philistines. David fought hard and forced them to retreat.

Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away. Stand, stand, they cry; but none looks back.

They saw and then they were amazed. They were terrified and they fled in fear.

They say: The kings of the armies flee; they run away. The women who remained at home will divide the goods.

These five kings ran away and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.