The sea looked and fled; ¹  the Jordan River ²  turned back. ³ 

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

Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits. ¹  When the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell into them, ²  but some survivors ³  fled to the hills. ⁴ 

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.

When the Ammonites saw the Arameans flee, they fled before his brother Abishai and went into the city. Joab withdrew from fighting the Ammonites and returned to ¹  Jerusalem. ² 

So they got up and fled at dusk, leaving behind their tents, horses, and donkeys. They left the camp as it was and ran for their lives.

When the Ammonites saw the Arameans flee, they fled before Joab’s ¹  brother Abishai and withdrew into the city. Joab went back to Jerusalem. ² 

You say, ‘No, we will flee on horses,’ so you will indeed flee. You say, ‘We will ride on fast horses,’ so your pursuers will be fast.

When she saw that he had left his outer garment in her hand and had run outside,

Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them and they retreated along the way to the desert.

The five Amorite kings ¹  ran away and hid in the cave at Makkedah.

Judah was defeated by Israel, and each man ran back home. ¹ 

The Israelites fled from before the Judahite army, ¹  and God handed them over to the men of Judah. ² 

Judah was defeated by Israel, and each man ran back home. ¹ 

You have given your loyal followers ¹  a rallying flag, so that they might seek safety from the bow. ²  (Selah)

Your shout made the waters retreat; at the sound of your thunderous voice they hurried off –

Why do you flee, O sea? Why do you turn back, O Jordan River?

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

Then you will escape ¹  through my mountain valley, for the mountains will extend to Azal. ²  Indeed, you will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of King Uzziah ³  of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come with all his holy ones with him.

She grabbed him by his outer garment, saying, “Have sex with me!” But he left his outer garment in her hand and ran ¹  outside. ²