- Often composed of Flint De 8:15; 32:13
- DESCRIBED AS
- Hard Jer 5:3
- Durable Job 19:24
- Barren Eze 26:4,14; Am 6:12; Lu 8:6
- Often sharp-pointed and craggy 1Sa 14:4
- Often had holes and clefts Ex 33:22
- Were a defence to a country Isa 33:16
- Dreaded by mariners Ac 27:20
- INHABITED BY
- Wild goats Job 39:1
- Conies Ps 104:18; Pr 30:26
- Doves So 2:14; Jer 48:28
- Eagles Job 39:28; Jer 49:16
- The olive tree flourished amongst De 32:13; Job 29:6
- Bees often made their honey amongst De 32:13; Ps 81:16
- USED AS
- Altars Jud 6:20,21,26; 13:19
- Places for idolatrous worship Isa 57:5
- Places of Observation Ex 33:21; Nu 23:9
- Places of safety in danger 1Sa 13:6; Isa 2:19; Jer 16:16; Re 6:15
- Places for shelter by the poor in their distress Job 24:8; 30:3,6
- The shadow of, grateful to travellers during the heat of the day Isa 32:2
- Houses often built on Mt 7:24,25
- Tombs often hewn out of Isa 22:16; Mt 27:60
- Important events often engraved upon Job 19:24
- MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
- Adullam 1Ch 11:15
- Bozez 1Sa 14:4
- Engedi 1Sa 24:1,2
- Etam Jud 15:8
- Horeb in Rephidim Ex 17:1-6
- Meribah in Kadesh Nu 20:1-11
- Oreb Jud 7:25; Isa 10:26
- Rimmon Jud 20:45
- Seneh 1Sa 14:4
- Selahammahlekoth in the wilderness of Maon 1Sa 23:25,28
- Selah in the valley of salt 2Ki 14:7; 2Ch 25:11,12
- Man's industry in cutting through Job 28:9,10
- Hammers used for breaking Jer 23:29
- Casting down from, a punishment 2Ch 25:12
- MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH
- Water brought from Ex 17:6; Nu 20:11
- Fire ascended out of Jud 6:21
- Broken in pieces by the wind 1Ki 19:11
- Rent at the death of Christ Mt 27:51
- God's power exhibited in removing Job 14:18; Na 1:6
- ILLUSTRATIVE OF
- God as creator of his people De 32:18
- God as the strength of his people Ps 18:1,2; 67:2; Isa 17:10
- God as defence of his people Ps 31:2,3
- God as refuge of his people Ps 94:22
- God as salvation of his people De 32:15; Ps 89:26; 95:1
- Christ as refuge of his people Isa 32:2
- Christ as foundation of his church Mt 16:18; 1Pe 2:6
- Christ as source of spiritual gifts 1Co 10:4
- Christ as a stumbling stone to the wicked Isa 8:14; Ro 9:33; 1Pe 2:8
- A place of safety Ps 27:5; 40:2
- Whatever we trust in De 32:31,37
- The ancestor of a nation Isa 51:1
The New Topical Text Book
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The New Topical Text Book, R. A. Torrey (1897). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.