Rocks

Often composed of Flint Deuteronomy 8:15; 32:13
DESCRIBED AS
- Hard Jeremiah 5:3
- Durable Job 19:24
- Barren Ezekiel 26:4,14; Amos 6:12; Luke 8:6
Often sharp-pointed and craggy 1 Samuel 14:4
Often had holes and clefts Exodus 33:22
Were a defence to a country Isaiah 33:16
Dreaded by mariners Acts 27:20
INHABITED BY
- Wild goats Job 39:1
- Conies Psalm 104:18; Proverbs 30:26
- Doves Song of Solomon 2:14; Jeremiah 48:28
- Eagles Job 39:28; Jeremiah 49:16
The olive tree flourished amongst Deuteronomy 32:13; Job 29:6
Bees often made their honey amongst Deuteronomy 32:13; Psalm 81:16
USED AS
- Altars Judges 6:20,21,26; 13:19
- Places for idolatrous worship Isaiah 57:5
- Places of Observation Exodus 33:21; Numbers 23:9
- Places of safety in danger 1 Samuel 13:6; Isaiah 2:19; Jeremiah 16:16; Revelation 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 Isaiah 32:2
Houses often built on Matthew 7:24,25
Tombs often hewn out of Isaiah 22:16; Matthew 27:60
Important events often engraved upon Job 19:24
MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
- Adullam 1 Chronicles 11:15
- Bozez 1 Samuel 14:4
- Engedi 1 Samuel 24:1,2
- Etam Judges 15:8
- Horeb in Rephidim Exodus 17:1-6
- Meribah in Kadesh Numbers 20:1-11
- Oreb Judges 7:25; Isaiah 10:26
- Rimmon Judges 20:45
- Seneh 1 Samuel 14:4
- Selahammahlekoth in the wilderness of Maon 1 Samuel 23:25,28
- Selah in the valley of salt 2 Kings 14:7; 2 Chronicles 25:11,12
Man's industry in cutting through Job 28:9,10
Hammers used for breaking Jeremiah 23:29
Casting down from, a punishment 2 Chronicles 25:12
MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH
- Water brought from Exodus 17:6; Numbers 20:11
- Fire ascended out of Judges 6:21
- Broken in pieces by the wind 1 Kings 19:11
- Rent at the death of Christ Matthew 27:51
God's power exhibited in removing Job 14:18; Nahum 1:6
ILLUSTRATIVE OF
- God as creator of his people Deuteronomy 32:18
- God as the strength of his people Psalm 18:1,2; 67:2; Isaiah 17:10
- God as defence of his people Psalm 31:2,3
- God as refuge of his people Psalm 94:22
- God as salvation of his people Deuteronomy 32:15; Psalm 89:26; 95:1
- Christ as refuge of his people Isaiah 32:2
- Christ as foundation of his church Matthew 16:18; 1 Peter 2:6
- Christ as source of spiritual gifts 1 Corinthians 10:4
- Christ as a stumbling stone to the wicked Isaiah 8:14; Romans 9:33; 1 Peter 2:8
- A place of safety Psalm 27:5; 40:2
- Whatever we trust in Deuteronomy 32:31,37
- The ancestor of a nation Isaiah 51:1

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