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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Sa 19:8 — 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.
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sat in the gate
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"How prudently and mildly David took the reproof and counsel given him! He shook off his grief, anointed his head, and washed his face, that he might not appear unto men to mourn, and then made his appearance at the gate of the city, which was the public place of resort for the hearing of causes and giving judgment, as well as a place to ratify special bargains. Thither the people flocked to congratulate him on his and their safety, and that all was well. When we are convinced of a fault, we must amend, though we are told of it by our inferiors in a way which is peculiarly painful to our natural feelings. This ancient custom still obtains in the East; for when Dr. Pococke returned from viewing the town of ancient Byblus, he says, ""The sheik and the elders were sitting in the gate of the city, after the ancient manner, and I sat awhile with them."" 2Sa 18:4,24" |
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2Sa 19:3; 2Sa 18:6-8; 1Ki 22:36; 2Ki 14:12 |
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2Sa 18:4 |
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. |
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2Sa 18:24 |
And 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. |
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2Sa 19:3 |
And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle. |
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2Sa 18:6 |
So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim; |
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2Sa 18:7 |
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]. |
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2Sa 18:8 |
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. |
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1Ki 22:36 |
And 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. |
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2Ki 14:12 |
And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "2 Samuel 19:8," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/2Sa/19/8.html>.
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