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.

General references

Bible References

They forsook the cities

1 Samuel 13:6
When the men of Israel saw the danger they were in, (for the people were troubled,) they took cover in cracks in the hillsides and in the woods and in rocks and holes and hollows.
Leviticus 26:32
And I will make your land a waste, a wonder to your haters living in it.
Deuteronomy 28:33
The fruit of your land and all the work of your hands will be food for a nation which is strange to you and to your fathers; you will only be crushed down and kept under for ever:
Judges 6:2
And Midian was stronger than Israel; and because of the Midianites, the children of Israel made holes for themselves in the mountains, and hollows in the rocks, and strong places.

General references

2 Samuel 4:3
But the people of Beeroth had gone in flight to Gittaim, where they have been living to this day.)

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain