2 Samuel 19:8 - The Scriptures 1998

So the sovereign rose up and sat in the gate. And they told all the people, saying, “Look, the sovereign is sitting in the gate.” And all the people came before the sovereign. As for Yisra’ĕ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then the king arose and sat in the gate. And all [his followers] were told, The king is sitting in the gate, and they all came before the king. Now Israel [Absalom's troops] had fled, every man to his home.

American Standard Version (1901)

Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king is sitting in the gate: and all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent.

Common English Bible

So the king went and sat down in the city gate. All the troops were told that the king was sitting in the gate, so they came before the king. Meanwhile, the Israelites had fled to their homes.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Therefore, the king rose up, and he sat at the gate. And it was announced to all the people that the king was sitting at the gate. And the entire multitude went before the king. But Israel fled to their own tents.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Then the king arose and sat in the gate: and it was told to all the people that the king sat in the gate. And all the people came before the king but Israel fled to their own dwellings.

2 Samuel 19:8 Cross References

2 Samuel 15:2

And Aḇ

2 Samuel 18:17

And they took Aḇ

2 Samuel 18:24

Now Dawiḏ

2 Samuel 18:4

And the sovereign said to them, “That which is good in your eyes I do.” And the sovereign stood beside the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.

2 Samuel 19:3

And the people stole back into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

1 Kings 22:36

And as the sun was going down, a shout passed through the camp, saying, “Each to his city, and each to his land!”

2 Kings 14:12

And Yehuḏ

2 Kings 8:21

And Yoram passed over to Tsaʽ

1 Samuel 4:10

And the Philistines fought, and Yisra’ĕ