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
For when those of Israel had sown, the Midianites would come up and the Amalekites and the sons of the east. They would come 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 the Egyptians.
Grasshoppers
Judges 8:10
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the sons of the east, for one hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword had been slain.
2 Chronicles 14:9
And there came out against them Zerah, the Ethiopian, with a host of a thousand thousand and three hundred chariots and came unto Mareshah.
Psalm 3:1
LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! Many are they that rise up against me.
Psalm 33:16
The king is not saved by the multitude of the army; the mighty man does not escape by much strength.
Psalm 118:10
All the nations compassed me about; but in the name of the LORD I will cut them off.
Isaiah 8:9
Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries, prepare yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
General references
Genesis 41:49
And Joseph gathered wheat as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering; for it was without number.