2 Samuel 19:8

So the king got up and sat in the gate, and all the people were told: “Look, the king is sitting in the gate.” Then they all came into the king’s presence.

Meanwhile, each Israelite had fled to his tent.

2 Samuel 18:24

David was sitting between the two gates when the watchman went up to the roof of the gate and over to the wall. The watchman looked out and saw a man running alone.

2 Samuel 18:4

“I will do whatever you think is best,” the king replied to them. So he stood beside the gate while all the troops marched out by hundreds and 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 settlement, Absalom called out to him and asked, “What city are you from?” If he replied, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”

2 Samuel 18:6-8

Then David’s forces marched into the field to engage Israel in battle, which took place in the forest of Ephraim.

2 Samuel 18:17

They took Absalom, threw him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. And all Israel fled, each to his tent.

2 Samuel 19:3

So they returned to the city quietly that day like people come in when they are humiliated after fleeing in battle.

1 Kings 22:36

Then the cry rang out in the army as the sun set, declaring:

Each man to his own city,
and each man to his own land!

2 Kings 14:12

Judah was routed before Israel, and everyone fled to his own tent.

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Summary

2 Samuel 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.

Sat in the gate

2 Samuel 18:4

For israel

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