2 Samuel 19:8

God's Word

The king sat in the gateway. When all the troops were told, “The king is sitting in the gateway,” they came to the king. Meanwhile, Israel had fled and went back to their own homes.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:2

Absalom used to get up early and stand by the road leading to the city gate. When anyone had a case to be tried by King David, Absalom would ask, “Which city are you from?” After the person had told him which tribe in Israel he was from,

2 Samuel 18:17

They took Absalom, threw him into a huge pit in the forest, and piled a large heap of stones over him. Meanwhile, all Israel fled and went back to their homes.

2 Samuel 18:24

David was sitting between the two gates while the watchman walked along the roof of the gate by the wall. As he looked, he saw a man running alone.

2 Samuel 18:4

“I’ll do what you think best,” the king responded. So the king stood by the gate while all the troops marched out by battalions and regiments.

2 Samuel 19:3

That day the troops sneaked into the city as if they had fled from battle and were ashamed of it.

1 Kings 22:36

At sundown a cry went through the army, “Every man to his own city! Every man to his own property!”

2 Kings 14:12

Israel defeated the army of Judah, and the Judeans fled to their homes.

2 Kings 8:21

Jehoram took all his chariots to attack Zair. The Edomites and their chariot commanders surrounded him, but he got up at night, broke through their lines, and his troops fled home.

1 Samuel 4:10

The Philistines fought and defeated Israel. Every ⌞Israelite⌟ soldier fled to his tent. It was a major defeat in which 30,000 Israelite foot soldiers died.