2 Samuel 19:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

David got up and went to the town gate and sat down. When the people heard that he was sitting there, they came to see him. After Israel's soldiers had all returned home,

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:2

He would get up early each morning and wait by the side of the road that led to the city gate. Anyone who had a complaint to bring to King David would have to go that way, and Absalom would ask each of them, “Where are you from?” If they said, “I'm from a tribe in the north,”

2 Samuel 18:17

They threw Absalom's body into a deep pit in the forest and put a big pile of rocks over it. Meanwhile, the people of Israel had all run back to their own homes.

2 Samuel 18:24

Meanwhile, David was sitting between the inner and outer gates in the city wall. One of his soldiers was watching from the roof of the gate-tower. He saw a man running towards the town

2 Samuel 18:4

David said, “All right, if you think I should.” Then in a voice loud enough for everyone to hear, he said, “Joab! Abishai! Ittai! For my sake, be sure that Absalom comes back unharmed.” David stood beside the town gate as his army marched past in groups of a hundred and in groups of a thousand. The war with Israel took place in Ephraim Forest.

2 Samuel 19:3

The troops were sneaking into Mahanaim, just as if they had run away from a battle and were ashamed.

1 Kings 22:36

As the sun was going down, someone in Israel's army shouted to the others, “Retreat! Go back home!”

2 Kings 14:12

During the battle, Judah's army was crushed. Every soldier from Judah ran back home,

2 Kings 8:21

So Jehoram and his cavalry marched to Zair, where the Edomite army surrounded him and his commanders. During the night he attacked the Edomites, but he was defeated, and his troops escaped to their homes.

1 Samuel 4:10

The Philistines did fight. They killed thirty thousand Israelite soldiers, and all the rest ran off to their homes.