2 Samuel 19:8
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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.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.
In other translations
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.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.
Hebrew words
וַיָּקָםvaiyakomand he aroseH6965הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428וַיֵּשֶׁבvaiyeshevand he satH3427בַּשָּׁעַרbasha'arin the gateH8179וּלְכָל־ulekhol-and to allH3605הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971הִגִּידוּhigidupeople toldH5046לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559הִנֵּהhinehhere!H2009הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428יוֹשֵׁבyoshev[is] sittingH3427בַּשַּׁעַרbasha'arin the gateH8179וַיָּבֹאvaiyavo'and it cameH935כָל־khol-allH3605הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971לִפְנֵיlifnei<to> beforeH6440הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428וְיִשְׂרָאֵלveyisra'eland IsraelH3478נָסnasit had fledH5127אִישׁ'isheachH376לְאֹהָלָיו׃ סle'ohalavto tents hisH168
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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.
- 2 Samuel 18:4And 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.
- 2 Samuel 15:2And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.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 replied, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”
- 2 Samuel 18:17And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.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 19:3And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.So they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.
- 1 Kings 22:36And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.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 Samuel 18:6-86 So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim; 7 Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men. 8 For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.6 So David’s army marched into the field to engage Israel in the battle, which took place in the forest of Ephraim. 7 There the people of Israel were defeated by David’s servants, and the slaughter was great that day—twenty thousand men. 8 The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.
- 2 Kings 14:12And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.And Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his home.
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