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 whenever Israel sowed seed, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people of [the] east would come up against them.
1 Kings 4:30
The wisdom of Solomon was greater than the wisdom of all the people of [the] east and more than 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 remained from the entire army of the people of [the] east; those that fell [in battle were] one hundred and twenty thousand {swordsmen}.
2 Chronicles 14:9
Zerah the Cushite came out against them with an army of a thousand thousands and three hundred chariots. And he came to Mareshah.
Psalm 3:1
Yahweh, how many are my enemies; many [are] rising against me.
Psalm 33:16
The king [is] not saved by [the] greatness of an army. The warrior is not delivered by [the] greatness of strength.
Psalm 118:10
All nations surrounded me. In the name of Yahweh I opposed them indeed.
Isaiah 8:9
Be broken, [you] peoples, and be dismayed. And listen, all distant [parts of the] earth; gird yourselves and be dismayed; gird yourselves and be dismayed!
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Genesis 41:49
And Joseph piled up grain like the sand of the sea in great abundance until he stopped counting [it], for {it could not be counted}.