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 watchman went up to the roof of the gate by the wall, and raised his eyes and looked, and behold, a man running by himself.
Isaiah 28:6 A spirit of justice for him who sits in judgment,
Astrength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.
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By hundreds
2 Samuel 18:1
Then David numbered the people who were with him and set over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.
1 Samuel 29:2
And the lords of the Philistines were proceeding on by hundreds and by thousands, and David and his men were proceeding on in the rear with Achish.