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Caves

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