Thematic Bible: Were used as
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Caves » Were used as » Places of concealment
When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were hard-pressed), then the people hid themselves in caves, in thickets, in cliffs, in cellars, and in pits.
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for when Jezebel destroyed the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave, and provided them with bread and water.)
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(men of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves and holes in the ground.
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When both of them revealed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines, the Philistines said, “Behold, Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hidden themselves.”
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Caves » Were used as » Haunts of robbers
Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,” declares the Lord.
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And He *said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you are making it a robbers ’ den.”
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Caves » Were used as » Resting places
Then he came there to a cave and lodged there; and behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and He said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
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He came to the sheepfolds on the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were sitting in the inner recesses of the cave.
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Caves » Were used as » Burial places
So Jesus, again being deeply moved within, *came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone was lying against it.
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After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field at Machpelah facing Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
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Caves » Were used as » Dwelling-places
Lot went up from Zoar, and stayed in the mountains, and his two daughters with him; for he was afraid to stay in Zoar; and he stayed in a cave, he and his two daughters.
Caves » Were used as » Hiding places of wild beasts
And filled his lairs with prey
And his dens with torn flesh.