Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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
For israel
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.