Judges 6:2

And they were greatly oppressed by them. And they made for themselves hollows and caves in the mountains, and very fortified places for defense.

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In The King James Version

And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.

In Context

1Then the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, who delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years.

3And when Israel had planted, Midian and Amalek, and the rest of the eastern nations ascended,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:47Because you did not serve the Lord your God, with gladness and a joyful heart, over the abundance of all things.

Judges 10:9to such a great extent that the sons of Ammon, crossing over the Jordan, laid waste to Judah and Benjamin and Ephraim. And Israel was exceedingly afflicted.

1 Samuel 14:11And so, both of them appeared before the garrison of the Philistines. And the Philistines said, “See, the Hebrews have come out from the holes in which they had been hiding.”

Hebrews 11:38Of them, the world was not worthy, wandering in solitude on mountains, in the caves and caverns of the earth.

Matthew Henry on Judges 6:2-7

The Inroads of the Midianites. ( b. c. 1249.) 1 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord : and the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. 2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds. 3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them; 4 And they… Read the whole commentary →

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