DESERTS

Thompson Chain Reference (1934)

(1) General References to

Exodus 5:3 Mark 6:32 Luke 1:80 Luke 4:42 Luke 9:10 Acts 8:26

(2) Notable

Exodus 19:2 Exodus 23:31 Numbers 20:1 1 Samuel 23:24 2 Samuel 2:24

Torrey's New Topical Textbook

Vast barren plains

Exodus 5:3 John 6:13

Uninhabited places

Matthew 14:15 Mark 6:31

Infested with wild beasts

Isaiah 13:21 Mark 1:13

Infested with serpents

Deuteronomy 8:15

Infested with robbers

Jeremiah 3:2 Lamentations 4:19

Danger of travelling in

Exodus 14:3 2 Corinthians 11:26

Guides required in

Numbers 10:31 Deuteronomy 32:10

Heath often found in

Parts of, afforded pasture

Genesis 36:24 Exodus 3:1

Inhabited by wandering tribes

Genesis 21:20 Genesis 21:21 Psalms 72:9 Jeremiah 25:24

The persecuted fled to

1 Samuel 23:14 Hebrews 11:38

The disaffected fled to

1 Samuel 22:2 Acts 21:38

DESCRIBED AS

Uninhabited and lonesome

Uncultivated

Numbers 20:5 Jeremiah 2:2

Desolate

Dry and without water

Exodus 17:1 Deuteronomy 8:15

Trackless

Great and terrible

Deuteronomy 1:19

Waste and howling

Deuteronomy 32:10

PHENOMENA OF, ALLUDED TO

Mirage or deceptive appearance of water

Simoom or deadly wind

2 Kings 19:7 Jeremiah 4:11

Tornadoes or whirlwinds

Clouds of sand and dust

Deuteronomy 28:24 Jeremiah 4:12 Jeremiah 4:13

MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE

Arabian or great desert

Bethaven

Beersheba

Genesis 21:14 1 Kings 19:3 1 Kings 19:4

Damascus

Edom

Engedi

Gibeon

Judea

Jeruel

2 Chronicles 20:16

Kedemoth

Deuteronomy 2:26

Kadesh

Maon

1 Samuel 23:24 1 Samuel 23:25

Paran

Genesis 21:21 Numbers 10:12

Shur

Sin

Sinai

Exodus 19:1 Exodus 19:2 Numbers 33:16

Ziph

1 Samuel 23:14 1 Samuel 23:15

Zin

Numbers 20:1 Numbers 27:14

Of the Red Sea

Near Gaza

ILLUSTRATIVE OF

Barrenness

Psalms 106:9 Psalms 107:33 Psalms 107:35

Those deprived of blessings

The world

Song of Solomon 3:6 Song of Solomon 8:5

The Gentiles

Isaiah 35:1 Isaiah 35:6 Isaiah 41:19

What affords no support

Desolation by armies

Jeremiah 12:10-13 Jeremiah 50:12