Hebrews 11:38

The world was not worthy of them. They were always wandering about in the deserts and mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground.

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In The King James Version

(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

In Context

37They were stoned. They were sawn in two. They were killed with the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins. They were destitute, oppressed, mistreated. + 11:37 Some older versions read, They were stoned. They were sawn in two. They were put to the test. They were killed with the sword .

39Although all these people were approved by God because of their faith, they did not receive the promise.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 22:1So David left there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.

1 Samuel 23:19Then Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hakilah, which is south of Jeshimon?

1 Samuel 24:1When Saul returned from chasing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the wilderness of Engedi.”

1 Kings 14:12So arise, wife of Jeroboam, and go back to your home; when your feet enter the city, the child Abijah will die.

1 Kings 18:4for when Jezebel was killing the prophets of Yahweh, Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water.

1 Kings 19:9He went to a cave there and stayed in it. Then the word of Yahweh came to him and said to 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 →

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