The powerof MidianprevailedagainstIsrael.Becauseof Midianthe sonsof Israelmadefor themselves the denswhichwere in the mountainsand the cavesand the strongholds.
So that they dwellin dreadfulvalleys,In holesof the earthand of the rocks.
Now as for the cisternwhereIshmaelhad castallthe corpsesof the menwhomhe had struckdownbecauseof Gedaliah,it was the one that KingAsahad madeon accountof Baasha,kingof Israel;Ishmaelthe sonof Nethaniahfilledit with the slain.
"Leavethe citiesand dwellamong the crags,O inhabitantsof Moab,And be like a dovethat nestsBeyondthe mouthof the chasm.
I will setMy faceagainst you so that you will be struckdownbeforeyour enemies;and those who hateyou will ruleover you, and you will fleewhen nooneis pursuingyou.
([men] of whomthe worldwas not worthy),wanderingin desertsand mountainsand cavesand holesin the ground.
Thenthe kingsof the earthand the great menand the commandersand the richand the strongand everyslaveand free manhidthemselvesin the cavesand amongthe rocksof the mountains;
They afflictedand crushedthe sonsof Israelthat year;for eighteenyearsthey [afflicted] allthe sonsof Israelwhowere beyondthe Jordanin Gileadin the landof the Amorites.
The sonsof Ammoncrossedthe Jordanto fightalsoagainst Judah,Benjamin,and the houseof Ephraim,so that Israelwas greatlydistressed.
For it was whenIsraelhad sown,that the Midianiteswould comeup with the Amalekitesand the sonsof the eastand goagainstthem.
When the menof Israelsawthat they were in a strait(for the peoplewere hard-pressed),then the peoplehidthemselves in caves,in thickets,in cliffs,in cellars,and in pits.
When bothof them revealedthemselves to the garrisonof the Philistines,the Philistinessaid,"Behold,Hebrewsare comingout of the holeswherethey have hiddenthemselves."
