Judges 6:2

and the hand of Midian is strong against Israel, [so] the sons of Israel have made for themselves the nooks which [are] in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds [to hide] from the presence of Midian.

Literal Standard Version

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

1And the sons of Israel do evil in the eyes of YHWH, and YHWH gives them into the hand of Midian [for] seven years,

3And it has been, if Israel has sowed, that Midian has come up, and Amalek, and the sons of the east, indeed, they have come up against him,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:47Because that you have not served your God YHWH with joy and with gladness of heart, because of the abundance of all things—

Judges 10:9And the sons of Ammon pass over the Jordan to also fight against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim, and Israel has great distress.

1 Samuel 14:11And both of them are revealed to the station of the Philistines, and the Philistines say, “Behold, Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hid themselves.”

Hebrews 11:38of whom the world was not worthy; wandering in deserts, and mountains, and caves, and the holes 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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