Cave Bible Verses

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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Used as a dwelling


• By Lot

GENESIS 19:30In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.

• Elijah

1 KINGS 19:9In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 9 And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?

• Israelites

EZEKIEL 33:27In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

• Saints

HEBREWS 11:38In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

Place of Refuge

JOSHUA 10:16-27Verses in the Bible

  • 16 But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.
    Joshua 10:16 Meaning
  • 17 And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.
    Joshua 10:17 Meaning
  • 18 And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them:
    Joshua 10:18 Meaning
  • 19 And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the Lord your God hath delivered them into your hand.
    Joshua 10:19 Meaning
  • 20 And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities.
    Joshua 10:20 Meaning
  • 21 And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
    Joshua 10:21 Meaning
  • 22 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave.
    Joshua 10:22 Meaning
  • 23 And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.
    Joshua 10:23 Meaning
  • 24 And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.
    Joshua 10:24 Meaning
  • 25 And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the Lord do to all your enemies against whom ye fight.
    Joshua 10:25 Meaning
  • 26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.
    Joshua 10:26 Meaning
  • 27 And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day.
    Joshua 10:27 Meaning

JUDGES 6:2In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 2 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.

1 SAMUEL 13:6In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.

1 KINGS 18:4,13Verses in the Bible

  • 4 For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
    1 Kings 18:4 Meaning
  • 13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the Lord, how I hid an hundred men of the Lord's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
    1 Kings 18:13 Meaning

1 KINGS 19:9,13Verses in the Bible

  • 9 And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?
    1 Kings 19:9 Meaning
  • 13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?
    1 Kings 19:13 Meaning

Burial Place

GENESIS 23:9-20Verses in the Bible

  • 9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.
    Genesis 23:9 Meaning
  • 10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
    Genesis 23:10 Meaning
  • 11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
    Genesis 23:11 Meaning
  • 12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
    Genesis 23:12 Meaning
  • 13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
    Genesis 23:13 Meaning
  • 14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
    Genesis 23:14 Meaning
  • 15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
    Genesis 23:15 Meaning
  • 16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
    Genesis 23:16 Meaning
  • 17 And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure
    Genesis 23:17 Meaning
  • 18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
    Genesis 23:18 Meaning
  • 19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
    Genesis 23:19 Meaning
  • 20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
    Genesis 23:20 Meaning

GENESIS 25:9In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;

GENESIS 49:29-32Verses in the Bible

  • 29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
    Genesis 49:29 Meaning
  • 30 In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
    Genesis 49:30 Meaning
  • 31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
    Genesis 49:31 Meaning
  • 32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.
    Genesis 49:32 Meaning

GENESIS 50:13In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 13 For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

JOHN 11:38In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

Of Adullam

1 SAMUEL 22:1In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 1 David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.

2 SAMUEL 23:13In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 13 And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.

1 CHRONICLES 11:15In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 15 Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

En-Gedi

1 SAMUEL 24:3-8Verses in the Bible

  • 3 And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.
    1 Samuel 24:3 Meaning
  • 4 And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the Lord said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily.
    1 Samuel 24:4 Meaning
  • 5 And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.
    1 Samuel 24:5 Meaning
  • 6 And he said unto his men, The Lord forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the Lord's anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the Lord.
    1 Samuel 24:6 Meaning
  • 7 So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.
    1 Samuel 24:7 Meaning
  • 8 David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself.
    1 Samuel 24:8 Meaning

Sources

The King James Bible text is sourced from the BibleForgeDB database (https://github.com/bibleforge) within the BibleForge project (http://bibleforge.com). Bible topic categories and verse references are from Nave's Topical Bible (1896) by Orville James Nave (1841–1917). Popularity rankings are based on search volume data from the Google AdWords Keyword Planner tool.


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