2 Samuel 19:8

Free Bible Version

So the king got up and went to sit at the town gate. Everybody was told: “Look, the king is sitting at the town gate.” They all came to see the king. In the meantime the Israelites had run away and gone to their homes.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:2

He used to get up early and stand by the main road that led to the city gate. When people brought a case to the king for his decision, Absalom would call out and ask them, “What town are you from?” If they replied, “Your servant is from this particular tribe of Israel,”

2 Samuel 18:17

They took Absalom and threw him into a deep pit in the forest, and piled a large heap of stones over him. All the Israelites ran away to their homes.

2 Samuel 18:24

David was sitting between the inside and outside gates. The watchman climbed up to the roof of the gateway by the wall. He looked out, and saw a man running by himself.

2 Samuel 18:4

“I will do whatever you think best,” the king replied. The king stood beside the gate while all his men marched out by hundreds and by thousands.

2 Samuel 19:3

They stole back into town that day like defeated people steal in, ashamed of running away from the battle.

1 Kings 22:36

At sunset, a shout went out from the lines: “Retreat! Every man back to his town, every man back to his own country!”

2 Kings 14:12

The army of Judah was defeated by Israel, and ran away home.

2 Kings 8:21

So Jehoram went over to Zair with all his chariots. The Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, but he took action and attacked at night. But his army ran back to their homes.

1 Samuel 4:10

So the Philistines fought, and the Israelites were defeated—every man ran away home. The death toll was very large: thirty thousand of the Israelite infantry were killed.