The king said to them, “I will do what seems best to you.” The king stood beside the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.
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The king said to them, “I will do what seems best to you.” The king stood beside the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.
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And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.
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And the king said unto them: 'What seemeth you best I will do.' And the king stood by the gate-side, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.
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Passages linked to 2 Samuel 18:4 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Samuel 18:24 Now David was sitting between the two gates; and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate to the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, a man running alone.
- 1 Samuel 29:2 The lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds and by thousands; and David and his men passed on in the rear with Achish.
- 2 Samuel 18:1 David counted the people who were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.
- Isaiah 28:6 and a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Sa 18:4 And the king said unto them, What…
2Sa 18:4 And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.
Ver. 4. What seemeth you best I will do.] So meekly doth David submit himself to the will of his men. Affliction and meekness grow both on the same root in the holy tongue. "A man of understanding is of an excellent" - or, of a cool - "spirit." {Pro 17:27}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain By the gate side, i.e. between the two gates…
By the gate side, i.e. between the two gates of the city, as it is expressed below, 2Sa 18:24.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the king said unto them, what seemeth you…
And the king said unto them, what seemeth you best I will do,.... Which was an instance of great condescension in him; and it was his wisdom and prudence to yield to them at such a time as this, and especially as their sentiments were founded on affection and loyalty to him:
and the king stood by the gate side; of the city of Mahanaim:
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and all the people came out by hundreds, and by thousands; and passed by him, to whom no doubt he gave his blessing and best wishes; and, as Abarbinel thinks, now it was he composed and said the twentieth psalm, "The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble", &c. Psa 20:1.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (4) What seemeth you best.—David was nothing loth to…
(4) What seemeth you best.—David was nothing loth to avoid the personal encounter with his son, and readily yielded, He, however, encouraged the troops by reviewing them as they passed out, and improved the opportunity to give his generals special and public charge concerning Absalom. He speaks of him tenderly as “the young man” (2Sa_18:5; comp. 2Sa_18:29; 2Sa_18:32), to imply that his sin was a youthful indiscretion.
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