Thematic Bible: Were used as
Thematic Bible
Caves » Were used as » Places of concealment
When the men of Israel saw that [it was] {too difficult} for them, because the army was hard pressed, the people hid themselves in the caves, in the thorn bushes, in the cliffs, in the vaults and in the wells.
It had happened that when Jezebel killed the prophets of Yahweh, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them {by fifties} in the cave and sustained them [with] food and water.)
of whom the world was not worthy, wandering about on deserts and mountains and in caves and in holes in the ground.
So the two of them showed themselves to the garrison of [the] Philistines, and [the] Philistines said, "The Hebrews [are] coming out from the holes in which they have hidden themselves."
Caves » Were used as » Haunts of robbers
Has this house, which is called {by my name}, become a cave of robbers in your eyes? Look, I, even I, have seen [it]," {declares} Yahweh.
And he said to them, "It is written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a cave of robbers!"
Caves » Were used as » Resting places
He came to the cave there and spent the night there. Suddenly the [word] of Yahweh came to him and asked him, "{Elijah, what are you doing here}?"
He came to the sheep pens beside the road, and a cave [was] there. Then Saul went in {to relieve himself}. Now David and his men [were] sitting in the innermost part of the cave.
Caves » Were used as » Burial places
Then Jesus, deeply moved within himself again, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone was lying on it.
And thus afterward Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah near Mamre; that [is] Hebron, in the land of Canaan
Caves » Were used as » Dwelling-places
And Lot went out from Zoar and settled in the hill country with his two daughters, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. So he lived in a cave, he and his two daughters.
Caves » Were used as » Hiding places of wild beasts
The lion tore apart enough [prey] for his cubs, he strangled [prey] for his lioness; he filled {his lair} [with] prey and his den [with] mangled carcass.