2 Samuel 19:8

The king sat in the gateway. The troops were told: The king is sitting in the gateway. So they went to the king. Meanwhile, Israel fled back to their homes.

2 Samuel 18:24

David was sitting between the two gates. The watchman walked along the roof of the gate by the wall. He looked at the man running alone.

2 Samuel 18:4

I will do what you think best, the king answered. Then he stood by the side of the gate as his men marched out in units of a thousand and of a hundred.

2 Samuel 15:2

He would rise early in the morning and stand by the road at the city gate. When someone came there with a dispute that he wanted the king to settle, Absalom would call him over and ask him where he was from. After the man told him what tribe he was from,

2 Samuel 18:6-8

So the troops went to the country to fight Israel in the forest of Ephraim.

2 Samuel 18:17

They took Absalom's body and threw it into a deep pit in the forest. Then they covered it with a huge pile of stones. All the Israelites fled to their own hometowns.

2 Samuel 19:3

The troops returned to Mahanaim without celebration. It was as if they ran away from battle and were ashamed.

1 Kings 22:36

About sundown a cry went up from all parts of the army, saying: Let every man go back to his town and his country, for the king is dead.

2 Kings 14:12

Judah was defeated by Israel and every man fled home.

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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
I will do what you think best, the king answered. Then he stood by the side of the gate as his men marched out in units of a thousand and of a hundred.

For israel

2 Samuel 19:3
The troops returned to Mahanaim without celebration. It was as if they ran away from battle and were ashamed.
2 Samuel 18:6
So the troops went to the country to fight Israel in the forest of Ephraim.
1 Kings 22:36
About sundown a cry went up from all parts of the army, saying: Let every man go back to his town and his country, for the king is dead.
2 Kings 14:12
Judah was defeated by Israel and every man fled home.