2 Samuel 19:8

So the king got up and took his seat in the gateway. When the army was informed, "The king is sitting in the gateway!" they all gathered together in his presence.

2 Samuel 18:24

Meanwhile, David was sitting between the inner and outer gates of the city. The watchman was up on the roof of the gateway near the walls, looking around, and there was a man running by himself!

2 Samuel 18:4

So David responded, "I'll do what you think best." Then he stood alongside the city gate as the army went out in battle array by hundreds and thousands.

2 Samuel 15:2

Then he would get up early, stand near the passageway to the palace gate, and when anyone arrived to file a legal complaint for a hearing before the king, Absalom would call to him and ask, "You're from what city?" If he replied, "Your servant is from one of Israel's tribes,"

2 Samuel 18:6-8

David's army left for the battlefield to fight Absalom and his Israeli followers, and they also fought in the Ephraim forest,

2 Samuel 18:17

Meanwhile, Joab's army grabbed Absalom's body, tossed it into a large pit in the forest, and filled it up with a huge pile of rocks. Then the Israelis ran away back to their homes.

2 Samuel 19:3

So men snuck into the city that day like men do who are ashamed after they've run away from a battle.

1 Kings 22:36

As the day drew to a close, this order was circulated throughout the army telling the soldiers, "Everybody go back to his city and to his own land."

2 Kings 14:12

Judah was defeated by Israel, and everybody fled to their own tents.

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Summary

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

Bible References

Sat in the gate

2 Samuel 18:4
So David responded, "I'll do what you think best." Then he stood alongside the city gate as the army went out in battle array by hundreds and thousands.

For israel

2 Samuel 19:3
So men snuck into the city that day like men do who are ashamed after they've run away from a battle.
2 Samuel 18:6
David's army left for the battlefield to fight Absalom and his Israeli followers, and they also fought in the Ephraim forest,
1 Kings 22:36
As the day drew to a close, this order was circulated throughout the army telling the soldiers, "Everybody go back to his city and to his own land."
2 Kings 14:12
Judah was defeated by Israel, and everybody fled to their own tents.

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