⁷ Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

¹ The wicked flee when no man pursueth; But the righteous are bold as a lion.

⁴ For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, They passed by together.

⁵ They saw it, then were they amazed; They were dismayed, they hasted away.

⁶ Trembling took hold of them there, Pain, as of a woman in travail.

¹⁸ that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:

¹⁶ then let them that are in Judaea flee unto the mountains:

¹⁷ let him that is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house:

¹⁸ and let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloak.

¹⁴ And flight shall perish from the swift; and the strong shall not strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;

¹⁵ neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver `himself'; neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself;

¹⁶ and he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith Jehovah.

⁸ And the destroyer shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed; as Jehovah hath spoken.

⁹ Give wings unto Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.

²⁰ In that day men shall cast away their idols of silver, and their idols of gold, which have been made for them to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

¹ The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.

⁵ Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand `of the hunter', And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

¹² Kings of armies flee, they flee; And she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil.

¹⁷ A horse is a vain thing for safety; Neither doth he deliver any by his great power.

⁷ Some `trust' in chariots, and some in horses; But we will make mention of the name of Jehovah our God.

⁸ They are bowed down and fallen; But we are risen, and stand upright.

¹¹ Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, And shall chase him at his heels.

¹¹ then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither.

¹² And the cities shall be unto you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation for judgment.