1 Samuel 13:6 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
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Read Full Chapter →Seeing themselves cornered and distressed, the Israelites flee to hide in caves, thickets, and pits.
What Does 1 Samuel 13:6 Mean?
Faced with the Philistine multitude, the people are pressed and afraid. They scatter into every kind of hiding place, the land itself swallowing an army that has lost its nerve.
Fear hollows out courage and sends people into the dark. Yet Scripture often shows God meeting His own in the very caves and low places where dread has driven them. The hiding of Israel here sets the stage for a deliverance that no human strength could explain.
1 Samuel 13:6 in the Original Language
tsarar (צָרַר), 'in a strait' -- to be bound up, cramped, pressed into a tight and distressing place.
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What does 1 Samuel 13:6 mean?
Seeing themselves cornered and distressed, the Israelites flee to hide in caves, thickets, and pits.