then those in Judea must flee ¹  to the mountains.

Kings leading armies run away – they run away! ¹  The lovely lady ²  of the house divides up the loot.

Anyone who accidentally killed someone ¹  without hating him at the time of the accident ²  could flee to one of those cities and be safe.

Where can I go to escape your spirit? Where can I flee to escape your presence? ¹ 

The wicked person flees when there is no one pursuing, ¹  but the righteous person is as confident ²  as a lion.

They will hear, ‘Run! Save yourselves! Even if you must be like a lonely shrub in the desert!’ ¹ 

So then, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.

It hurls itself against him without pity ¹  as he flees headlong from its power.

Madmenah flees, the residents of Gebim have hidden.

Arrows ¹  do not make it flee; slingstones become like chaff to it.

Until the dawn arrives ¹  and the shadows flee, I will go up to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

So submit to God. But resist the devil and he will flee from you.

They will attack ¹  us until we have lured them from the city, for they will say, ‘They are retreating from us like before.’ We will retreat from them.

Now then, my son, do what I say. ¹  Run away immediately ²  to my brother Laban in Haran.

That day the people stole away to go to the city the way people who are embarrassed steal away in fleeing from battle.

If he flees from an iron weapon, then an arrow ¹  from a bronze bow pierces him.

“‘As for ¹  the ones who remain among you, I will bring despair into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a blowing leaf will pursue them, and they will flee as one who flees the sword and fall down even though there is no pursuer.

One thousand will scurry at the battle cry of one enemy soldier; ¹  at the battle cry of five enemy soldiers you will all run away, ²  until the remaining few are as isolated ³  as a flagpole on a mountaintop or a signal flag on a hill.”

“My days ¹  are swifter than a runner, ²  they speed by without seeing happiness.

Bravehearted ¹  warriors will run away naked in that day.” The Lord is speaking!