Caves

Natural — Heb 11:38.

Artificial — Jdj 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. — Joh 10:16,17.