² And the hand of Midian overpowered Israel, and because of Midian the people of Israel made for themselves the dens that are in the mountains and ^(A)the caves and the strongholds.

³⁸ of whom the world was not worthy—^(A)wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

¹⁵ Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave^[a] and free, ^(A)hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains,