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.

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Bible References

They forsook the cities

1 Samuel 13:6
And when the men of Israel saw themselves in a strait, and that the people were encumbered, they hid themselves in caves, in privy holes, in rocks, dens and pits.
Leviticus 26:32
"'And I will bring the land unto a wilderness: so that your enemies which dwell therein shall wonder at it.
Deuteronomy 28:33
The fruit of thy land and all thy labours shall a nation eat, which thou knowest not; and thou shalt but suffer violence only and be oppressed always,
Judges 6:2
And when the hand of the Midianites was sore upon Israel, the children of Israel made them dens in the mountains and caves and strongholds.

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2 Samuel 4:3
And these Beerothites fled to Gittaim and sojourned there until the same time.