SEV Biblia, Chapter 19:8
Entonces se levantó el rey, y se sentó a la puerta; y fue declarado a todo el pueblo, diciendo: He aquí el rey está sentado a la puerta. Y vino todo el pueblo delante del rey; mas Israel había huido, cada uno a sus estancias.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 19:8
Verse 8. The king-sat in the gate.] The place where justice was administered to the people.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 8. 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 2 Samuel 18:17).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-8 - To continue to lament for so bad a son as Absalom, was very unwise, an very unworthy. Joab censures David, but not with proper respect an deference to his sovereign. A plain case may be fairly pleaded with those above us, and they may be reproved for what they do amiss, but it must not be with rudeness and insolence. Yet David took the reproof an the counsel, prudently and mildly. Timely giving way, usually prevent the ill effects of mistaken measures.
Original Hebrew
ויקם 6965 המלך 4428 וישׁב 3427 בשׁער 8179 ולכל 3605 העם 5971 הגידו 5046 לאמר 559 הנה 2009 המלך 4428 יושׁב 3427 בשׁער 8179 ויבא 935 כל 3605 העם 5971 לפני 6440 המלך 4428 וישׂראל 3478 נס 5127 אישׁ 376 לאהליו׃ 168
