4And 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 David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.
And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish.
And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)Which way David raised an army here, and what reinforcements were sent him, we are not told; many, it is likely, from all the coasts of Israel, at least from the neighbouring tribes, came in to his assistance, so that, by degrees, he was able to make head against Absalom, as Ahithophel foresaw. Now here we have, I. His army numbered and marshalled, 2 Sam. 18:1 , 2 . He had, no doubt, committed his…
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