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Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.

19:8 sat in the gate. The gate was the standard place for a meeting; David followed Joab’s advice and “spoke comfortably” to the people.

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