Judges 6:2

Translations

Modern

…and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.

Traditional

And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.

Literal

And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. From the faces of the Midianite, the sons of Israel made for themselves the dens that are in the mountains and the caves and the strongholds.

Latin

…et oppressi sunt valde ab eis. Feceruntque sibi antra et speluncas in montibus, et munitissima ad repugnandum loca.

Original

Hebrew

English

…and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.

Notes

Judges 6:1–6

After forty years of peace, religious blending caused political instability, and roaming nomads forced the Israelites to live as fugitives.
The Midianites, once thought to be purely nomadic and based in northwest Arabia, are now known to have built cities and, for a time, controlled much of the Arabian Peninsula and southern Transjordan (the area east of the Jordan). They are joined by the Amalekites (who were earlier part of a Moabite coalition; see study note on Judges 3:12–13) and the mysterious people of the east (compare 1 Kings 4:30; Ezekiel 25:4, 10). The attacks were seasonal but very destructive.

Theme notes and profiles

Gideon

Events

Subjugation by Midianc. 1258 BC

Related verses

1 Samuel 13:6
Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.
Hebrews 11:38
The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.
Leviticus 26:17
And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.
1 Samuel 14:11
So the two of them showed themselves to the outpost of the Philistines, who exclaimed, “Look, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes in which they were hiding!”
Deuteronomy 28:47–48
Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,
Revelation 6:15
Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Places

Midian: A nation descended from Abraham; oppressed Israel in the time of the judges

Glossary

Armageddon Asher (Tribe) Gilead (Place) Judges, Book of Midian, Midianite Numbers, Book of

Topics

Cave: Place of Refuge Caves: Artificial Dens used As Places of Refuge Fort: Caves Used For Fortresses: Afforded Protection in Danger Fortresses: Places Used as Strong-Holds Midianites: Allowed to Oppress Israel Mountains: Afford Refuge in Time of Danger The Jews: Often Subdued and Made Tributary

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