2 Samuel 19:8

New Century Version

So the king went to the city gate. When the news spread that the king was at the gate, everyone came to see him. All the Israelites who had followed Absalom had run away to their homes.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:2

Absalom would get up early and stand near the city gate. Anyone who had a problem for the king to settle would come here. When someone came, Absalom would call out and say, “What city are you from?” The person would answer, “I’m from one of the tribes of Israel.”

2 Samuel 18:17

Then Joab’s men took Absalom’s body and threw it into a large pit in the forest and filled the pit with many stones. All the Israelites ran away to their homes.

2 Samuel 18:24

David was sitting between the inner and outer gates of the city. The watchman went up to the roof of the gate by the walls, and as he looked up, he saw a man running alone.

2 Samuel 18:4

The king said to his people, “I will do what you think is best.” So the king stood at the side of the gate as the army went out in groups of a hundred and a thousand.

2 Samuel 19:3

The people came into the city quietly that day. They were like an army that had been defeated in battle and had run away.

1 Kings 22:36

Near sunset a cry went out through the army of Israel: “Each man go back to his own city and land.”

2 Kings 14:12

Israel defeated Judah, and every man of Judah ran away to his home.

2 Kings 8:21

So Jehoram and all his chariots went to Zair. The Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders. Jehoram got up and attacked the Edomites at night, but his army ran away to their tents.

1 Samuel 4:10

So the Philistines fought hard and defeated the Israelites, and every Israelite soldier ran away to his own home. It was a great defeat for Israel, because thirty thousand Israelite soldiers were killed.