And the hand of Midian was strong against Israel. And the sons of Israel made dens for themselves before the faces of Midian, in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.
And the pit there in which Ishmael had thrown all the corpses of the men, whom he had struck because of Gedaliah, was the one which Asa the king had made from the face of Baasha, king of Israel. Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.
And I shall set My face against you, and you shall be smitten before your enemies; and those who hate you shall rule over you, and you shall flee, and there will be no one pursuing you.
And the kings of the earth, and the magnates, and the rich ones, and the chiliarchs, and the powerful ones, and every slave, and every free man hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains.
And the sons of Ammon crossed over the Jordan to fight against Judah also, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim. And Israel was greatly distressed.
And the men of Israel saw that they were distressing to them, for the people were distressed. And the people hid themselves in caves, and in crevices, and in crags, and in tombs, and in cisterns.
And both of them were revealed to the garrison of the Philistines. And the Philistines said, See, Hebrews coming out from the holes there where they hid themselves!