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

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Bible References

The midianites

Judges 6:3
When the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites and the Amalekites along with the desert tribes attacked them.
1 Kings 4:30
Solomon was wiser than the wise men of the East or the wise men of Egypt.

Grasshoppers

Judges 8:10
Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor. Their armies were with them, about fifteen thousand men all that were left of all the armies of the children of the east. They had already lost a hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen.
2 Chronicles 14:9
Zerah from Ethiopia led an army of a million soldiers and three hundred chariots to the town of Mareshah in Judah.
Psalm 3:1
([Psalm of David]) O Jehovah, look how my enemies have increased! Many are attacking me.
Psalm 33:16
A mighty army does not save the king. A warrior is not delivered by great strength.
Psalm 118:10
Many enemies were around me; but I destroyed them by the power of Jehovah!
Isaiah 8:9
Be broken, you people. Be terrified. Listen all you distant parts of the earth. Prepare for battle and be terrified. Prepare for battle and be terrified!

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Genesis 41:49
Thus Joseph stored up grain in great abundance, like the sand of the sea. He finally stopped measuring it, for it was beyond measure.