Verse 6

But she had taken them up to the roof, covering them with the stems of flax which she had put out in order there.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 17:19 : 19 And a woman put a cover over the hole, and put crushed grain on top of it, and no one had any knowledge of it.
  • 1 Kgs 18:4 : 4 For when Jezebel was cutting off the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred of them, and kept them secretly in a hole in the rock, fifty at a time, and gave them bread and water.)
  • 1 Kgs 18:13 : 13 Has my lord not had word of what I did when Jezebel was putting the Lord's prophets to death? how I kept a hundred of them in a secret hole in the rock, fifty at a time, and gave them bread and water?
  • 2 Kgs 11:2 : 2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, secretly took Joash, the son of Ahaziah, with the woman who took care of him, away from among the king's sons who were put to death, and put him in the bedroom; and they kept him safe from Athaliah, so that he was not put to death.
  • Jer 36:26 : 26 And the king gave orders to Jerahmeel, the king's son, and Seraiah, the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah, the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the Lord kept them safe.
  • Matt 24:17 : 17 Let not him who is on the house-top go down to take anything out of his house:
  • Col 3:3 : 3 For your life on earth is done, and you have a secret life with Christ in God.
  • Heb 11:23 : 23 By faith Moses was kept secretly by his father and mother for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a fair child; and they had no fear of the king's orders.
  • Jas 2:25 : 25 And in the same way, was not the righteousness of Rahab, the loose woman, judged by her works, when she took into her house those who were sent and let them go out by another way?
  • Exod 1:15-21 : 15 And the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew women who gave help at the time of childbirth (the name of the one was Shiphrah and the name of the other Puah), 16 When you are looking after the Hebrew women in childbirth, if it is a son you are to put him to death; but if it is a daughter, she may go on living. 17 But the women had the fear of God, and did not do as the king of Egypt said, but let the male children go on living. 18 And the king of Egypt sent for the women, and said to them, Why have you done this, and let the male children go on living? 19 And they said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are strong, and the birth takes place before we come to them. 20 And the blessing of God was on these women: and the people were increased in number and became very strong. 21 And because the women who took care of the Hebrew mothers had the fear of God, he gave them families.
  • Exod 2:2 : 2 And she became with child and gave birth to a Son; and when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she kept him secretly for three months.
  • Deut 22:8 : 8 If you are building a house, make a railing for the roof, so that the blood of any man falling from it will not come on your house.
  • Josh 2:8 : 8 And before the men went to rest, she came up to them on the roof,
  • 2 Sam 11:2 : 2 Now one evening, David got up from his bed, and while he was walking on the roof of the king's house, he saw from there a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.