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Wildgoats' Rocks

Wildgoats' Rocks (Biblical Place • Engedi • 31.462°N, 35.392°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Sam 24:2 (identified with Engedi ). It is closely linked with Rock of Escape (Biblical Place • Maon • 31.417°N, 35.117°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Sam 23:28 (identified with Maon ).

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Wildgoats' Rocks (Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Sam 24:2 (identified with Engedi ).) Rock of Escape (Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Sam 23:28 (identified with Maon ).) 3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: Rock-Cut Burial Cave ( Kidron Valley , Jerusalem ) — Photogrammetry scan of a rock-hewn Jerusalem burial cave in the Kidron Valley carved directly into the natural limestone bedrock with a low rectangular entrance and interior burial benches—illustrating the architecture of Judean rock-cut family tombs from Isaiah 22:16 to the Gospel accounts of the burial and resurrection of Jesus ( Matthew 27:60 ; John 19:41 ). Ancient Hebrew Tomb Inscription (Kidron Valley) — Monumental Hebrew inscription carved into the limestone cliffside tombs along the eastern slope of the Kidron Valley opposite the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, echoing Isaiah 's oracle concerning royal stewards hewing rock-cut sepulchres on high ( Isaiah 22:15–16 ).

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Deuteronomy 32:31 : "For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges."; Job 39:28 : "She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place."; 2 Samuel 22:47 : "The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.". Related canonical books and chapters: 2 Samuel 22 ( 2 Samuel • Chapter 22 (51 verses)), Psalms 31 ( Psalms • Chapter 31 (24 verses)), Psalms 62 ( Psalms • Chapter 62 (12 verses)).

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Topics, People & Places (36)

Wildgoats' Rocks
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Biblical Place • Engedi • 31.462°N, 35.392°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Sam 24:2 (identified with Engedi ).

Rock of Escape
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Biblical Place • Maon • 31.417°N, 35.117°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Sam 23:28 (identified with Maon ).

Interactive 3D Rock-Hewn Tomb • Matthew 27:60 & John 19:41

Photogrammetry scan of a rock-hewn Jerusalem burial cave in the Kidron Valley carved directly into the natural limestone bedrock with a low rectangular entrance and interior burial benches—illustrating the architecture of Judean rock-cut family tombs from Isaiah 22:16 to the Gospel accounts of the burial and resurrection of Jesus ( Matthew 27:60 ; John 19:41 ).

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VIDEO • educational

Educational video exploration through the narrow Siq canyon arriving at Al-Khazneh (The Treasury) in the rocky heartland of ancient Edom .

Ankur P (Cinematographer) • Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 3.0
צוּר
sur (ṣûr) [tsoor]
H6697 Hebrew noun masculine 73x
rock, cliff, boulder, fortress

Massive boulder, cliff; paramount metaphor for divine unchangeableness, refuge, and strength ('The Rock, His work is perfect', Deuteronomy 32:4).

Derivation: From צוּר (H6696) to bind, besiege.
Behistun Inscription — Darius the Great Trilingual Relief
IMAGE • archaeology

Colossal rock relief in Iran carved in Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian, key to deciphering cuneiform and Persian royal decrees in Ezra .

Achaemenid Persian Stonemasons (Darius the Great) • UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bisotun CC-BY-SA 4.0
Silwan Tomb Inscription — 'Over the Royal Household'
IMAGE • archaeology

Rock-cut tomb inscription in the Kidron Valley attributed to Shebna, the royal steward rebuked by Isaiah ( Isaiah 22:15 ).

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
Gustave Doré — The Resurrection of Jesus Christ (1866)
IMAGE • artwork

The victorious risen Lord stepping forth from the open rock-hewn tomb surrounded by angelic splendor.

Gustave Doré / La Grande Bible de Tours • La Grande Bible de Tours (1866) Public Domain Mark 1.0
Interactive 3D Epigraphic Scan • Isaiah 22:15–16

Monumental Hebrew inscription carved into the limestone cliffside tombs along the eastern slope of the Kidron Valley opposite the Temple Mount in Jerusalem , echoing Isaiah 's oracle concerning royal stewards hewing rock-cut sepulchres on high ( Isaiah 22:15–16 ).

Gustave Doré — The Deluge (The Great Flood)
IMAGE • artwork

Dramatic engraving portraying desperate families and a mother shielding her child on a rock as floodwaters engulf the earth ( Genesis 7 ).

Gustave Doré • La Grande Bible de Tours / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
2 Samuel 22
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2 Samuel • Chapter 22 (51 verses)

And David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul : And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my ... Mentions: David , Saul .

Psalms 31
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Psalms • Chapter 31 (24 verses)

In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness. Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me. For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, an...

Interactive 3D Cliffside Stronghold • 1 Samuel 22:4–5 & 24:22

3D terrain and architectural model of the isolated rhomboid rock plateau of Masada (Hebrew Metzada, 'the stronghold') rising 400 meters above the Dead Sea south of En-Gedi—associated with David 's wilderness stronghold ( 1 Samuel 22:4–5 ; 24:22 ) and later fortified with casemate walls, storehouses, and a hanging northern palace by Herod the Great.

Psalms 62
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Psalms • Chapter 62 (12 verses)

Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence...

Numbers 20
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Numbers • Chapter 20 (29 verses)

Then came the children of Israel , even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh ; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Miriam , Moses , Aaron , Esau ( Edom ), Zin 1 , Kadesh 1 , Egypt , Meribah 1 , Edom.

Psalms 61
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Psalms • Chapter 61 (8 verses)

Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.

Psalms 40
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Psalms • Chapter 40 (17 verses)

I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see...

Psalms 28
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Psalms • Chapter 28 (9 verses)

Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. Draw me not away with the wicked, and ...

Job 39
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Job • Chapter 39 (30 verses)

Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out thei...

Psalms 95
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Psalms • Chapter 95 (11 verses)

O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

1 Samuel 24
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1 Samuel • Chapter 24 (22 verses)

And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En–gedi. Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel , and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats... Mentions: Saul, David, Jacob/Israel .

Isaiah 32
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Isaiah • Chapter 32 (20 verses)

Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. And the eyes of them that see sha...

Psalms 18
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Psalms • Chapter 18 (50 verses)

I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from ... Mentions: David .

1 Samuel 2
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1 Samuel • Chapter 2 (36 verses)

And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation. There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God. Talk n... Mentions: Elkanah , Eli , Samuel , Jacob/Israel , Phinehas , Ramah 1 , Shiloh , Egypt .

Isaiah 57
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Isaiah • Chapter 57 (21 verses)

The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness. But draw near hither, y...

Isaiah 51
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Isaiah • Chapter 51 (23 verses)

Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged. Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased hi... Mentions: Abram/Abraham , Zion , Eden , Rahab , Jerusalem .

Job 30
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Job • Chapter 30 (31 verses)

But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished? For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the w...

Luke 8
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Luke • Chapter 8 (56 verses)

And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him, And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom ... Mentions: Mary , Yeshua the Messiah , James ( Jacob ), Galilee .

2 Samuel 23
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2 Samuel • Chapter 23 (39 verses)

Now these be the last words of David . David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob , and the sweet psalmist of Israel , said, The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. The God of Israel said, the Rock ... Mentions: David, Jesse , Jacob/Israel, Eleazar , Zeruiah , Adullam , Rephaim , Kabzeel , Moab , Abiezer .

Exodus 17
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Exodus • Chapter 17 (16 verses)

And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin , after their journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord, and pitched in Rephidim : and there was no water for the people to drink. Wherefore the people did chide with Moses , and said, G... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Moses , Amalek , Joshua , Aaron , Sin , Rephidim , Egypt , Horeb , Massah .

Psalms 78
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Psalms • Chapter 78 (72 verses)

Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Ephraim , Ham , Joseph , Judah , Egypt , Zoan , Ham 2 , Shiloh .

Job 28
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Job • Chapter 28 (28 verses)

Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it. Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone. He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. Mentions: Ophir , Ethiopia .

Numbers 23
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Numbers • Chapter 23 (30 verses)

And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: pera... Mentions: Moab , Aram , Jacob/Israel , Zophim , Pisgah , Egypt .

1 Corinthians 10
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1 Corinthians • Chapter 10 (33 verses)

Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; And did all eat the same spiritual meat; Mentions: Moses , Yeshua the Messiah , Jacob/Israel .

Nahum 1
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Nahum • Chapter 1 (15 verses)

The burden of Nineveh . The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power... Mentions: Nahum , Judah , Nineveh , Bashan , Carmel , Lebanon .

Scripture Passages (24)

For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.

She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.

The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.

But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon , and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.

And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ .

And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?

And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.

To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;

And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.

And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,

He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.

And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.

He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.

Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb ; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel .

And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;

That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.

The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;

For who is God save the Lord? or who is a rock save our God?

But the Lord is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.

Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

For who is God, save the Lord? and who is a rock, save our God?

Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.

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