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1 Samuel 13:6

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Cave;   Cowardice;   Gilgal;   Thompson Chain Reference - Caves;   Thicket;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Caves;   Rocks;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Cave;   Jonathan;   Strait;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Saul, king of israel;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Bramble;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Beth Dagon;   Caves;   Philistia;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chariots;   Michmash;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gibeah;   House;   Israel;   Jonathan;   Michmash;   Philistines;   Pit;   Rock;   Samuel, Books of;   Thorns, Thistles, Etc;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Geba ;   Gilgal;   Michmas, Michmash ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Gilgal;   Jonathan;   Saul;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Altar;   Caves;   Engedi;   Government of the Hebrews;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Army;   Fortification;   Saul;   Thicket;   Thorns;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Caves in Palestine;   Fortress;   War;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Demi dilihat oleh orang Israel, bahwa mereka itu dalam hal kesukaran, sebab orang banyak itu kepicikan, maka bersembunyilah orang banyak itu dalam gua dan dalam hutan dan di atas gunung batu dan di dalam kubu dan lobang.

Contextual Overview

1 Saul now had ben king one yere (& he raigned two yeres ouer Israel.) 2 And Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul in Michmas and in mount Bethel, and a thousand with Ionathan in Gibea Beniamin: and the rest of the people he sent euery man to his tent. 3 And Ionathan smote the garison of the Philistines that was in the hill, and it came to the Philistines eares: And Saul blewe ye trumpet throughout al the land, saying: Let the Hebrues heare. 4 And all Israel hearde say howe that Saul had destroyed a garison of ye Philistines: wherfore Israel was had in abomination with ye Pilistines. And the people gathered together after Saul to Gilgal. 5 The Philistines also gathered them selues together to fyght with Israel, thirtie thousand charettes, & sixe thousand horsemen, with other people lyke the sand by the seas side in multitude, & came vp, and pitched in Michmas, eastwarde from Bethauen. 6 And when the men of Israel sawe it, they were in a strayte (and the people were in a distresse) & the people hyd the selues in caues, and in holdes, and in rockes, and iin hye places, and in pittes. 7 And some of the Hebrues went ouer Iordane to go vnto the land of Gad and Gilead: And Saul was yet in Gilgal, and all the people being afrayde, folowed him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

in a strait: Exodus 14:10-12, Joshua 8:20, Judges 10:9, Judges 20:41, 2 Samuel 24:14, Philippians 1:23

in caves: 1 Samuel 14:11, 1 Samuel 23:19, 1 Samuel 24:3, Judges 6:2, Isaiah 42:22, Hebrews 11:38

Reciprocal: Joshua 10:16 - in a cave Judges 2:15 - greatly 1 Samuel 7:7 - afraid 1 Samuel 13:15 - about six 1 Samuel 14:22 - hid themselves 1 Samuel 17:24 - him 1 Samuel 31:7 - they forsook the cities 1 Kings 20:4 - I am thine 2 Kings 13:7 - fifty horsemen 2 Kings 14:9 - The thistle 1 Chronicles 10:7 - then they 1 Chronicles 17:10 - And since 2 Chronicles 15:5 - no peace 2 Chronicles 33:11 - among the thorns Psalms 60:1 - scattered Isaiah 2:19 - And they Jeremiah 4:29 - they shall go Jeremiah 41:9 - because of Gedaliah Jeremiah 48:28 - leave Jeremiah 49:8 - dwell Ezekiel 33:27 - in the caves Hosea 9:6 - they Nahum 3:11 - thou shalt be hid Revelation 6:15 - hid

Cross-References

Genesis 13:6
And the lande was not able to beare them, that they might dwell together: for theyr substaunce was great, so that they coulde not dwell together.
Genesis 13:7
And there fell a stryfe betwene the heardmen of Abrams cattell, and the heardmen of Lottes cattell: Moreouer, the Chanaanites, and Pherisites dwelled at that tyme in the lande.
Genesis 13:10
And so Lot lyftyng vp his eyes, behelde all the countrey of Iordane, whiche was well watred euery where before the Lorde destroyed Sodome and Gomorrh, euen as the garden of the Lorde, lyke the lande of Egypt as thou commest vnto Soar.
Genesis 13:11
Then Lot chose all the playne of Iordane, and toke his iourney from the east, and so departed the one [brother] from the other.
Genesis 13:17
Arise, and walke about in the lande, after the length of it, & after the breadth of it: for I wyll geue it vnto thee.
Genesis 13:18
Then Abram taking downe his tent, came and dwelled in the playne of Mamre, which is in Hebron, & buylded there an aulter vnto the Lorde.
1 Timothy 6:9
For they that wyll be riche, fall into temptations and snares, and into many folishe & noysome lustes, which drowne men in perdition and destruction.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When the men of Israel saw they were in a strait, for the people were distressed,.... By reason of the vast army that the Philistines brought into the field, greatly superior to theirs, and were likely to be encompassed by them on every side; so that nothing but destruction was expected, which gave them the utmost anxiety and uneasiness; though Abarbinel refers this last clause, not to the people of Israel, but to the people of the Philistines, and takes it in this sense,

for the people drew nigh; the army of the Philistines was approaching, and got near to them; and so they were in great danger of being quickly attacked by them, and destroyed, their numbers being so great:

then the people did hide themselves in caves; of which there were many in the land of Judea, capable of receiving a large number, as the cave of Adullam, the cave of Engedi, c. and such as the Israelites made to hide themselves when oppressed by the Midianites, Judges 6:2

and in thickets woods and forests, or among thorns, as Jarchi; where there was a very great number of brambles and thorn bushes; some, as Kimchi, interpret the word of munitions, garrisons, and fortified places, to which they betook themselves:

in rocks, and in high places, and in pits; in the holes of rocks and mountains, particularly in Mount Ephraim; see 1 Samuel 14:22 and where there were any pits or ditches, high or deep places, where they might be out of sight, and be sheltered from their enemies.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In thickets - literally, “among thorns.”

High places - Not the high places for worship, but holds or towers Judges 9:46, Judges 9:49; that particular kind of tower which was the work of the old Canaanite inhabitants, and which remained as ruins in the time of Saul.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 13:6. The people did hide themselves — They, being few in number, and totally unarmed as to swords and spears, were terrified at the very numerous and well-appointed army of the Philistines. Judea was full of rocks, caves, thickets, &c., where people might shelter themselves from their enemies. While some hid themselves, others fled beyond Jordan: and those who did cleave to Saul followed him trembling.


 
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