Dictionary entry

Caves

R. A. Torrey's New Topical Textbook

Natural Heb 11:38

Artificial Jud 6:2

FOUND IN THE

Open fields Ge 23:20

Rocks Isa 2:19

WERE USED AS

Dwelling-places Ge 19:30

Places of concealment 1Sa 13:6; 14:11; 1Ki 18:4; Heb 11:38

Resting places 1Sa 24:3; 1Ki 19:9

Burial places Ge 23:19; Joh 11:38

Haunts of robbers Jer 7:11; Mt 21:13

Hiding placed of wild beasts Na 2:12

Often capacious 1Sa 22:1,2; 24:3

Afford no protection from the judgments of God Isa 2:19; Eze 33:27; Re 6:15

MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE

Adullam 1Sa 22:1

Engedi 1Sa 23:29; 24:1,3

Machpelah Ge 23:9

Makkedah Jos 10:16,17