“‘I will make a covenant of peace with them and will rid the land of wild beasts, so that they can live securely ¹  in the wilderness and even sleep in the woods. ² 

When he turned around and saw them, he called God’s judgment down on them. ¹  Two female bears came out of the woods and ripped forty-two of the boys to pieces.

Then the army marched out to the field to fight against Israel. The battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.

The wild boars of the forest ruin it; ¹  the insects ²  of the field feed on it.

The battle there was spread out over the whole area, and the forest consumed more soldiers than the sword devoured that day.

I will hurry off to a place that is safe from the strong wind ¹  and the gale.”

Like the fire that burns down the forest, or the flames that consume the mountainsides, ¹ 

I constructed pools of water for myself, to irrigate my grove ¹  of flourishing trees.

Your shoots are a royal garden ¹  full of pomegranates with choice fruits: henna with nard,

When the army entered the forest, they saw ¹  the honey flowing, but no one ate any of it, ²  for the army was afraid of the oath.

cargo such as gold, silver, ¹  precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, ²  scarlet cloth, ³  all sorts of things made of citron wood, ⁴  all sorts of objects made of ivory, all sorts of things made of expensive wood, bronze, iron and marble,

Now the whole army ¹  entered the forest and there was honey on the ground. ² 

Then Jonathan son of Saul left and went to David at Horesh. He encouraged him ¹  through God.

Let the fields and everything in them celebrate! Then let the trees of the forest shout with joy

You make it dark and night comes, ¹  during which all the beasts of the forest prowl around.

Look, we heard about it ¹  in Ephrathah, ²  we found it in the territory of Jaar. ³ 

Here is a message about Arabia: In the thicket of Arabia you spend the night, you Dedanite caravans.

Suppose he goes with someone else ¹  to the forest to cut wood and when he raises the ax ²  to cut the tree, the ax head flies loose ³  from the handle and strikes ⁴  his fellow worker ⁵  so hard that he dies. The person responsible ⁶  may then flee to one of these cities to save himself. ⁷ 

Through your messengers you taunted the sovereign master, ¹  ‘With my many chariots ²  I climbed up the high mountains, the slopes of Lebanon. I cut down its tall cedars, and its best evergreens. I invaded its most remote regions, ³  its thickest woods.

Through your messengers you taunted the sovereign master, ¹  ‘With my many chariots I climbed up the high mountains, the slopes of Lebanon. I cut down its tall cedars and its best evergreens. I invaded its most remote regions, ²  its thickest woods.