Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
They forsook the cities
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Bible References
They forsook the cities
1 Samuel 13:6
When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in coverts, and in pits.
Leviticus 26:32
And I will bring the land into desolation; and your enemies that dwell therein shall be astonished at it.
Deuteronomy 28:33
The fruit of thy ground, and all thy labors, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway;
Judges 6:2
And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.
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2 Samuel 4:3
and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have been sojourners there until this day).