7 occurrences in 13 translations

'Tents' in the Bible

On the third day a man came from Saul's tents, with his clothing out of order and earth on his head: and when he came to David, he went down on the earth and gave him honour.

Verse ConceptsBowingThe Third Day Of The WeekBowing Before DavidDust On The HeadThose Who Tore ClothesPraising Specific People

And David said to him, Where have you come from? And he said, I have come in flight from the tents of Israel.

Verse ConceptsEscaping, Physical ThingsExamples Of EscapingEscaping From PeopleWhere From?

And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

Verse ConceptsEncampmentsOne FleshTribes Of IsraelAbsence Of SexThe Ark Moved Around

And Israel and Absalom put up their tents in the land of Gilead.

And the king riseth, and sitteth in the gate, and to all the people they have declared, saying, 'Lo, the king is sitting in the gate;' and all the people come in before the king, and Israel hath fled, each to his tents.

Verse ConceptsSittingAssembling IsraelSitting In The GatewayPeople Sitting DownIsrael Fleeing

And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.

Verse ConceptsTentsTrumpetAudacityTrumpets For SignallingNot Sharing

And the woman cometh unto all the people in her wisdom, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri, and cast it unto Joab, and he bloweth with a trumpet, and they are scattered from the city, each to his tents, and Joab hath turned back to Jerusalem unto the king.

Verse ConceptsTrumpetBeheadingTrumpets To Stop FightingGroups going home

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