I read a devotional today that someone sent me.  I don't know who wrote it.  Because I don't know anything about the origin, I can't add a link to it. This particular devotional writing was about a psalm that David had written.  The devotion made reference to David hiding in a cave. Qumran  - Dead Sea Scrolls Then I was reading the daily Bible reading about Elijah ...who was hiding in a cave.  So I got to thinking about caves. There are all kinds of caves. I looked up the word CAVE in the Enhanced Strong's Lexicon which is part of the Essential Bible Study Library that I have.  The Hebrew words that are sometimes translated cave are also sometimes translated as den, hole, and cavern.  Caves were used for hiding places and burial sites and as a place to live .  Joshua used it to hold five kings who were hiding there as prisoners.  In 1 Samuel 24:3 , Saul used it as a toilet.  Caves were also used to store things. The Dead Sea Sc...