John Gill's Exposition on 2 Samuel 19:8

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Than the king arose, and sat in the gate, etc.] Of the city, a public place, where the inhabitants met on divers accounts at times, and where there were always people passing and repassing: and they told unto all the people; or it was reported to the soldiers particularly: saying, behold the king doth sit in the gate; has laid aside his mourning, appears in public, and receives his friends, and attends to business: and all the people came before the king; to congratulate him on the victory obtained, to receive his thanks and his favours: for Israel had fled every man to his tent: or to his city, as the Targum; that is, those that followed Absalom; which is observed not on account of what goes before, but of what follows after; (see <101817>2 Samuel 18:17).

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