Text -- 2 Samuel 19:8 (NET)

David Goes Back to Jerusalem

19:8 So the king got up and sat at the city gate. When all the people were informed that the king was sitting at the city gate, they all came before him. But the Israelite soldiers had all fled to their own homes.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 2Sa 19:8

¹ tn Heb “all the people.”

² tn The Hebrew text has simply “Israel” (see 18:16-17).

³ tn Heb “had fled, each to his tent.”