Judges 6:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.

The hand

Leviticus 26:17

Deuteronomy 28:47

Dens

General references

Isaiah 65:21

Bible References

The hand

I will set My face against you so that you will be struck down before your enemies; those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one is pursuing you.

“Because you did not serve the Lord your God with a heart full of joy and gladness for the abundance of all things [with which He blessed you],

Dens

When the men of Israel saw that they were in a tight situation (for their troops were hard-pressed), they hid in caves, in thickets, in cellars, and in [dry] cisterns (pits).

When both of them revealed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines, the Philistines said, “Look, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hidden themselves.”

(people of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and [living in] caves and holes in the ground.

Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the military commanders and the wealthy and the strong and everyone, [whether] slave or free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains;

General references

“They will build houses and live in them;
They will plant vineyards and eat the fruit.