Thematic Bible: Were used as
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Caves » Were used as » Places of concealment
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.
For when Jezebel was cutting off the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred of them, and kept them secretly in a hole in the rock, fifty at a time, and gave them bread and water.)
Wandering in waste places and in mountains and in holes in the rocks; for whom the world was not good enough.
And they let the Philistine force see the two of them: and the Philistines said, Look! the Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have taken cover.
Caves » Were used as » Haunts of robbers
Has this house, which is named by my name, become a hole of thieves to you? Truly I, even I, have seen it, says the Lord.
And he said to them, It is in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer, but you are making it a hole of thieves.
Caves » Were used as » Resting places
And there he went into a hole in the rock for the night; then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, What are you doing here, Elijah?
And on the way he came to a place where sheep were kept, where there was a hollow in the rock; and Saul went in for a private purpose. Now David and his men were in the deepest part of the hollow.
Caves » Were used as » Burial places
So Jesus, deeply troubled in heart, came to the place of the dead. It was a hole in the rock, and a stone was over the opening.
Then Abraham put Sarah his wife to rest in the hollow rock in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, that is, Hebron in the land of Canaan
Caves » Were used as » Dwelling-places
Then Lot went up out of Zoar to the mountain, and was living there with his two daughters, for fear kept him from living in Zoar: and he and his daughters made their living-place in a hole in the rock.
Caves » Were used as » Hiding places of wild beasts
Food enough for his young and for his she-lions was pulled down by the lion; his hole was full of flesh and his resting-place stored with meat.