Thematic Bible: Were used as
Thematic Bible
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.
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.)
(men of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves and holes in the ground.
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.”
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.
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.”
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?”
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.
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.
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.
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.