Revelation 6:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

The kings

Isaiah 24:21

Hid

Hebrews 11:38

General references

Ezekiel 32:32

Bible References

The kings

And the kings of the earth, who made themselves unclean with her, and in her company gave themselves up to evil, will be weeping and crying over her, when they see the smoke of her burning,

And he is clothed in a robe washed with blood: and his name is The Word of God.

Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.

So now be wise, you kings: take his teaching, you judges of the earth.

Give attention to this, all you peoples; let your ears be open, all you who are living in the world.

He puts an end to the wrath of rulers; he is feared by the kings of the earth.

And in that day the Lord will send punishment on the army of the high ones on high, and on the kings of the earth on the earth.

Hid

But these five kings went in flight secretly to a hole in the rock at Makkedah.

And Midian was stronger than Israel; and because of the Midianites, the children of Israel made holes for themselves in the mountains, and hollows in the rocks, and strong places.

When the men of Israel saw the danger they were in, (for the people were troubled,) they took cover in cracks in the hillsides and in the woods and in rocks and holes and hollows.

Go into a hole in the rock, covering yourselves with dust, in fear of the Lord, before the glory of his power.

But this is a people whose property has been taken away from them by force; they are all taken in holes, and shut up in prisons: they are made prisoners, and no one makes them free; they are taken by force and no one says, Give them back.

They will take dust as their food like a snake, like the things which go flat on the earth; they will come shaking with fear out of their secret places: they will come with fear to the Lord our God, full of fear because of you.

Wandering in waste places and in mountains and in holes in the rocks; for whom the world was not good enough.

General references

Your very life will be hanging in doubt before you, and day and night will be dark with fears, and nothing in life will be certain:

You have come here today, all of you, before the Lord your God; the heads of your tribes, the overseers, and those who are in authority over you, with all the men of Israel,

High and low together, the poor, and those who have wealth.

I will make waste mountains and hills, drying up all their plants; and I will make rivers dry, and pools dry land.

For he put his fear in the land of the living: and he will be put to rest among those without circumcision, with those who have been put to death with the sword, even Pharaoh and all his people, says the Lord.