2 Samuel 19:8 “So the king got up and sat in the gate, and all the people were told:…”

2 Samuel 19:8

So the king got up and sat in the gate, and all the people were told: “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” So they all came before the king. Meanwhile, the Israelites had fled, each man to his home.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.

World English Bible

Then the king arose and sat in the gate. The people were all told, “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” All the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent.

American Standard Version

Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king is sitting in the gate: and all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then the King arose, and sate in the gate: and they tolde vnto all the people, saying, Beholde, the King doeth sit in the gate: and all the people came before the King: for Israel had fled euery man to his tent.

Darby Translation

Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told all the people, saying, Behold, the king is sitting in the gate. And all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent.

Young's Literal Translation

And the king riseth, and sitteth in the gate, and to all the people they have declared, saying, 'Lo, the king is sitting in the gate;' and all the people come in before the king, and Israel hath fled, each to his tents.

Bible in Basic English

Then the king got up and took his seat near the town-door. And word was given to all the people that the king was in the public place: and all the people came before the king. Now all the men of Israel had gone back in flight to their tents.

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Cross references

“sat in the gate”

2 Samuel 18:24 2 Samuel 18:4

2 Samuel 18:24 · BSB

Now David was sitting between the two gates when the watchman went up to the roof of the gateway by the wall, looked out, and saw a man running alone.

2 Samuel 18:4 · BSB

“I will do whatever seems best to you,” the king replied. So he stood beside the gate, while all the troops marched out by hundreds and by thousands.

“for Israel”

2 Samuel 19:3 2 Samuel 18:6–8 1 Kings 22:36 2 Kings 14:12

2 Samuel 19:3 · BSB

So they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.

2 Samuel 18:6–8 · BSB

So David’s army marched into the field to engage Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.

1 Kings 22:36 · BSB

As the sun was setting, the cry rang out in the army: “Every man to his own city, and every man to his own land!”

2 Kings 14:12 · BSB

And Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his home.

Also

2 Samuel 18:17 2 Samuel 15:2

2 Samuel 18:17 · BSB

They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.

2 Samuel 15:2 · BSB

He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask, “What city are you from?” And if he repli…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7Now therefore get up! Go out and speak comfort to your servants, for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the adversity that has befallen you from your youth until now!”

9And all the people throughout the tribes of Israel were arguing, “The king rescued us from the hand of our enemies and delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled the land because of Absalom.

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