- Vast barren plains Ex 5:3; Joh 6:13
- Uninhabited places Mt 14:15; Mr 6:31
- DESCRIBED AS
- Uninhabited and lonesome Jer 2:6
- Uncultivated Nu 20:5; Jer 2:2
- Desolate Eze 6:14
- Dry and without water Ex 17:1; De 8:15
- Trackless Isa 43:19
- Great and terrible De 1:19
- Waste and howling De 32:10
- Infested with wild beasts Isa 13:21; Mr 1:13
- Infested with serpents De 8:15
- Infested with robbers Jer 3:2; La 4:19
- Danger of travelling in Ex 14:3; 2Co 11:26
- Guides required in Nu 10:31; De 32:10
- PHENOMENA OF, ALLUDED TO
- Mirage or deceptive appearance of water Jer 15:18
- Simoom or deadly wind 2Ki 19:7; Jer 4:11
- Tornadoes or whirlwinds Isa 21:1
- Clouds of sand and dust De 28:24; Jer 4:12,13
- MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
- Arabian or great desert Ex 23:31
- Bethaven Jos 18:12
- Beersheba Ge 21:14; 1Ki 19:3,4
- Damascus 1Ki 19:15
- Edom 2Ki 3:8
- Engedi 1Sa 24:1
- Gibeon 2Sa 2:24
- Judea Mt 3:1
- Jeruel 2Ch 20:16
- Kedemoth De 2:26
- Kadesh Ps 29:8
- Maon 1Sa 23:24,25
- Paran Ge 21:21; Nu 10:12
- Shur Ge 16:7
- Sin Ex 16:1
- Sinai Ex 19:1,2; Nu 33:16
- Ziph 1Sa 23:14,15
- Zin Nu 20:1; 27:14
- Of the Red Sea Ex 13:18
- Near Gaza Ac 8:26
- Heath often found in Jer 17:6
- Parts of, afforded pasture Ge 36:24; Ex 3:1
- Inhabited by wandering tribes Ge 21:20,21; Ps 72:9; Jer 25:24
- The persecuted fled to 1Sa 23:14; Heb 11:38
- The disaffected fled to 1Sa 22:2; Ac 21:38
- ILLUSTRATIVE OF
- Barrenness Ps 106:9; 107:33,35
- Those deprived of blessings Ho 2:3
- The world So 3:6; 8:5
- The Gentiles Isa 35:1,6; 41:19
- What affords no support Jer 2:31
- Desolation by armies Jer 12:10-13; 50:12
The New Topical Text Book
Deserts
The New Topical Text Book, R. A. Torrey (1897). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.