Judges 7:12

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

Judges 6:3

1 Kings 4:30

Grasshoppers

General references

Genesis 41:49

Bible References

The midianites

Whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the Qedemites came and attacked them.

Solomon’s wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.

Grasshoppers

Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and with them was their army of about 15,000 men, who were all those left of the entire army of the Qedemites. Those who had been killed were 120,000 warriors.

Then Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of one million men and 300 chariots. They came as far as Mareshah.

A psalm of David when he fled from his son Absalom.Lord, how my foes increase!
There are many who attack me.

A king is not saved by a large army;
a warrior will not be delivered by great strength.

All the nations surrounded me;
in the name of Yahweh I destroyed them.

Band together, peoples, and be broken;
pay attention, all you distant lands;
prepare for war, and be broken;
prepare for war, and be broken.

General references

So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance—like the sand of the sea—that he stopped measuring it because it was beyond measure.