2 Samuel 19:8

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

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.

Literal

And the king arose and sat in the gate. And all the people declared, saying, “There is the king, sitting in the gate.” And all the people came before the face of the king. For Israel had fled, each man to his tent.

Latin

Surrexit ergo rex et sedit in porta: et omni populo nuntiatum est quod rex sederet in porta. Venitque universa multitudo coram rege: Israël autem fugit in tabernacula sua.

Original

Hebrew

English

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.

Notes

Theme notes and profiles

Absalom David Joab

Events

Reign of David

Related verses

2 Samuel 18:24
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
“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 15:2
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 18:17
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 Kings 14:12
And Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his home.
2 Samuel 18:6–8
So David’s army marched into the field to engage Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.
2 Samuel 19:3
So they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.
1 Kings 22:36
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!”

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Absalom David Gilead (Place) Kings, Books of First and Second Samuel, Books of First and Second

Topics

Absalom: David's Mourning For Joab: Son of David's Sister: Censures David for Lamenting the Death of Absalom Sorrow of David for Absalom

2 Samuel 19:8

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