Thematic Bible: Afford refuge in time of danger
Thematic Bible
Mountains » Afford refuge in time of danger
Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar (bitumen) pits; and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell into them. But the remainder [of the kings] who survived fled to the hill country.
The [powerful] hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of Midian the sons of Israel made for themselves the dens (hideouts) which were in the mountains, and the caves and the [mountain] strongholds.
(people of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and [living in] caves and holes in the ground.