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
Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east would attack them.
1 Kings 4:30
Solomon was wiser than all the men of the east and all the sages of Egypt.
Grasshoppers
Judges 8:10
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their armies. There were about fifteen thousand survivors from the army of the eastern peoples; a hundred and twenty thousand sword-wielding soldiers had been killed.
2 Chronicles 14:9
Zerah the Cushite marched against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots. He arrived at Mareshah,
Psalm 3:1
A psalm of David, written when he fled from his son Absalom. Lord, how numerous are my enemies! Many attack me.
Psalm 33:16
No king is delivered by his vast army; a warrior is not saved by his great might.
Psalm 118:10
All the nations surrounded me. Indeed, in the name of the Lord I pushed them away.
Isaiah 8:9
You will be broken, O nations; you will be shattered! Pay attention, all you distant lands of the earth! Get ready for battle, and you will be shattered! Get ready for battle, and you will be shattered!
General references
Genesis 41:49
Joseph stored up a vast amount of grain, like the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring it because it was impossible to measure.