2 Samuel 18:4
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And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.“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.
In other translations
And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.“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.
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559אֲלֵיהֶם'aleihemto themH413הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428אֲשֶׁר־'asher-[that] whichH834יִיטַבyitavit will be goodH3190בְּעֵינֵיכֶםbe'eineikhemin view yourH5869אֶעֱשֶׂה'e'esehI will doH6213וַיַּעֲמֹדvaiya'amodand he stoodH5975הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428אֶל־'el-toH413יַדyad[the] side ofH3027הַשַּׁעַרhasha'arthe gateH8179וְכָל־vekholand allH3605הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971יָצְאוּyatze'uthey went outH3318לְמֵאוֹתleme'otto hundredsH3967וְלַאֲלָפִים׃vela'alafimand to thousandsH505
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- 2 Samuel 18:24And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.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.
- Isaiah 28:6And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.
- 2 Samuel 18:1And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.Then David reviewed his troops and appointed over them commanders of hundreds and of thousands.
- 1 Samuel 29:2And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish.As the Philistine leaders marched out their units of hundreds and thousands, David and his men marched behind them with Achish.
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