Hebrews 11:38
(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
39And these all, having had witness borne to them through their faith, received not the promise,
Cross References
1 Samuel 22:1David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave of Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard it, they went down thither to him.
1 Samuel 23:19Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in the strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?
1 Samuel 24:1And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.
1 Kings 14:12Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.
1 Kings 18:4for it was so, when Jezebel cut off prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
1 Kings 19:9And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou 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 →