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Rocks

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
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