So the king got up and sat in the gate, and all the people were told: “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” So they all came before the king. Meanwhile, the Israelites had fled, each man to his home.
Now David was sitting between the two gates when the watchman went up to the roof of the gateway by the wall, looked out
“I will do whatever seems best to you,” the king replied. So he stood beside the gate, while all the troops marched out
As the sun was setting, the cry rang out in the army: “Every man to his own city, and every man to his own land!”
And Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his home.
So they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.
He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring befor
They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all th
So David’s army marched into the field to engage Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.