Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.
The midianites
Grasshoppers
General references
Bible References
The midianites
Judges 6:3
And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the sons of the east, they came up against them.
1 Kings 4:30
And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the sons of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Grasshoppers
Judges 8:10
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of all the army of the sons of the east, for there fell a hundred and twenty thousand men who drew a sword.
2 Chronicles 14:9
And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an army of a million, and three hundred chariots. And he came to Mareshah.
Psalm 3:1
LORD, how my adversaries are increased! Many are those who rise up against me.
Psalm 33:16
There is no king saved by the multitude of an army. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
Psalm 118:10
All nations encompassed me around. In the name of LORD I will cut them off.
Isaiah 8:9
Make an uproar, O ye peoples, and be broken in pieces. And give ear, all ye of far countries. Gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces. Gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces.
General references
Genesis 41:49
And Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering, for it was without number.