Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
By the gate
By hundreds
Bible References
By the gate
2 Samuel 18:24
Now David was sitting between the two gates; and the lookout went up to the roof of the gate by the wall, and when he raised his eyes and looked, he saw a man running alone.
Isaiah 28:6
A spirit of justice for him who sits in judgment [administering the law],
A strength to those who drive back the battle at the gate.
A spirit of justice for him who sits in judgment [administering the law],
A strength to those who drive back the battle at the gate.
By hundreds
2 Samuel 18:1
David numbered the men who were with him and set over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.
1 Samuel 29:2
As the Philistine lords (governors) were proceeding on [marching] by hundreds and by thousands, and David and his men were proceeding on in the rear with Achish [the king of Gath],