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 sentinel went up to the roof of the gate by the wall and he lifted up his eyes and watched, and look, a man [was] running by himself.
Isaiah 28:6
and a spirit of justice to the one who sits over judgment, and strength [to] those who turn back [the] battle [at the] gate.
By hundreds
2 Samuel 18:1
Then David mustered the people who [were] with him, and he appointed over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.
1 Samuel 29:2
The rulers of [the] Philistines [were] passing on according to hundreds and thousands, David and his men passing on at the rear with Achish.