Hebrews 11:38
The world was not worthy to have such people who wandered in the deserts and mountains, living in caves and holes in the ground.
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39All of these people, even though they had God's approval, didn't receive what God had promised.
Cross References
1 Samuel 22:1David escaped and went to the cave of Adullam. When they heard where he was his brothers and all the rest of his family went and joined him there.
1 Samuel 23:19Then the people of Ziph went to Saul at Gibeah and told him, “David is hiding in our area, in the strongholds in Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, in the southern wastelands.
1 Samuel 24:1When Saul returned from chasing the Philistines, it was reported to him, “David is in the Desert of En-gedi.”
1 Kings 14:12As for you, get up and go home. As soon as you arrive in the city, the child will die.
1 Kings 18:4While Jezebel was busy killing the Lord's prophets, Obadiah had taken one hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty in each of two caves, and had provided them with food and water.)
1 Kings 19:9There he entered a cave and spent the night. The Lord spoke to Elijah, and asked him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 11:33-40
Exemplars of Faith. ( a. d. 62.) 32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets: 33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. 35 Women received their dead raised to… Read the whole commentary →