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 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