Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;

Bible References

When israel

Leviticus 26:16
I also will do this unto you I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and fever, which shall cause the eyes to fail, and the soul to waste away; and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
Deuteronomy 28:30
Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her; thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein; thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not eat of it.
Job 31:8
Let me sow, and another eat; and let mine offspring be rooted out.
Isaiah 65:21
And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof:
Micah 6:15
Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and new wine, but shalt not drink wine.

Children

Judges 6:33
Then all the Mid'ianites and the Amal'ekites and the people of the East came together, and crossing the Jordan they encamped in the Valley of Jezreel.
Judges 7:12
And the Mid'ianites and the Amal'ekites and all the people of the East lay along the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is upon the seashore for multitude.
Judges 8:10
Now Zebah and Zalmun'na were in Karkor with their army, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of all the army of the people of the East; for there had fallen a hundred and twenty thousand men who drew the sword.
Genesis 29:1
And Jacob continued his journey, and went into the land of the children of the east.
1 Kings 4:30
And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the sons of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Job 1:3
And his substance was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and very many servants; and this man was greater than all the children of the east.

General references

Genesis 13:16
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth, so that if any one can number the dust of the earth, thy seed also will be numbered.
Ecclesiastes 3:13
yea also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labour, it is the gift of God.
Isaiah 65:21
And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof: