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Clementine Latin Vulgate

3 Regum 13:6

Quod cum vidissent viri Israël se in arcto positos (afflictus enim erat populus), absconderunt se in speluncis, et in abditis, in petris quoque, et in antris, et in cisternis.

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

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Quod cum vidissent viri Isral se in arcto positos (afflictus enim erat populus), absconderunt se in speluncis, et in abditis, in petris quoque, et in antris, et in cisternis.
Nova Vulgata (1979)
Quod cum vidissent viri Israel se in arto sitos afflictus est enim populus absconderunt se in speluncis et in abditis, in petris quoque et in antris et in cisternis.

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

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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