THEOSISAmbrose of Milan
He then retreated to Etam, near an uninhabited stream, where a rock stood - the fortress of the Judah clan.
Judges 15:8Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And he made a great slaughter of them, so that in astonishment they laid the calf of the leg upon the thigh. And going down he dwelt in a cavern of the rock Etam.
וַיַּ֨ךְ אוֹתָ֥ם שׁ֛וֹק עַל־יָרֵ֖ךְ מַכָּ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֑ה וַיֵּ֣רֶד וַיֵּ֔שֶׁב בִּסְעִ֖יף סֶ֥לַע עֵיטָֽם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Isa 25:10For the hand of the Lord shall rest in this mountain: and Moab shall be trodden down under him, as straw is broken in pieces with the wain.
- Isa 63:6And I have trodden down the people in my wrath, and have made them drunk in my indignation, and have brought down their strength to the earth.
- Isa 63:3I have trodden the winepress alone, and of the Gentiles there is not a man with me: I have trampled on them in my indignation, and have trodden them down in my wrath, and their blood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my apparel.