2 Samuel 19:8 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Samuel 19:8

6 in that you love your enemies and hate your friends. For you have declared today that you¹ regard neither princes nor servants; for today I perceive that if Absalom had lived and all of us had died today, then it would have pleased you well.

7 Now therefore, arise, go out and speak¹ comfort to your servants. For I swear by the Lord, if you do not go out, not one will stay with you this night. And that will be worse for you than all the evil that has befallen you from your youth until now.”

8 Then the king arose and sat in the ^agate. And they told all the people, saying, “There is the king, sitting in the gate.” So all the people came before the king. For everyone of Israel had ^bfled to his tent.

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9 Now all the people were in a dispute throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “The king saved us from the hand of our ^aenemies, he delivered us from the hand of the ^bPhilistines, and now he has ^cfled from the land because of Absalom.

10 But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, has died in battle. Now therefore, why do you say nothing about bringing back the king?”

11 So King David sent to ^aZadok and Abiathar the priests, saying, “Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, ‘Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house, since the words of all Israel have come to the king, to his very house?

Verse Comparison: 2 Samuel 19:8

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American Standard Version
Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king is sitting in the gate: and all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent.

Amplified® Bible
Then the king arose and sat in the gate. And all [his followers] were told, The king is sitting in the gate, and they all came before the king. Now Israel [Absalom's troops] had fled, every man to his home.

Contemporary English Version
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,

Darby English Version
Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told all the people, saying, Behold, the king is sitting in the gate. And all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent.

Good News Bible
Then the king got up, and went and sat near the city gate. His men heard that he was there, and they all gathered around him. Meanwhile all the Israelites had fled to their own hometowns.

King James Version
Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.

New American Standard Bible
So the king arose and sat in the gate. When they told all the people, saying, "Behold, the king is sitting in the gate, then all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled, each to his tent."

New International Version
So the king got up and took his seat in the gateway. When the men were told, "The king is sitting in the gateway," they all came before him.
Meanwhile, the Israelites had fled to their homes.

New King James Version
Then the king arose and sat in the gate. And they told all the people, saying, “There is the king, sitting in the gate.” So all the people came before the king. For everyone of Israel had fled to his tent.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So the king arose and sat in the gate. When they told all the people, saying, "Behold, the king sits in the gate," then all the people came before the king Now Israel had fled, each to his tent.

Revised Standard Version
Then the king arose, and took his seat in the gate. And the people were all told, "Behold, the king is sitting in the gate"; and all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his own home.

Young's Literal Translation
And the king riseth, and sitteth in the gate, and to all the people they have declared, saying, `Lo, the king is sitting in the gate;' and all the people come in before the king, and Israel hath fled, each to his tents.

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