2 Samuel 18:24
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.
KJV
David autem sedebat inter duas portas : speculator vero, qui erat in fastigio portæ super murum, elevans oculos, vidit hominem currentem solum.
Vulgate
καὶ Δαυεὶδ ἐκάθητο ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν δύο πυλῶν· καὶ ἐπορεύθη ὁ σκοπὸς εἰς τὸ δῶμα τῆς πύλης πρὸς τὸ τεῖχος, καὶ ἐπῆρεν τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶδεν, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνὴρ τρέχων μόνος ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ.
LXX
Now David was sitting between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, a man running alone.
ASV
וְ/דָוִ֥ד יוֹשֵׁ֖ב בֵּין שְׁנֵ֣י הַ/שְּׁעָרִ֑ים וַ/יֵּ֨לֶךְ הַ/צֹּפֶ֜ה אֶל גַּ֤ג הַ/שַּׁ֨עַר֙ אֶל הַ֣/חוֹמָ֔ה וַ/יִּשָּׂ֤א אֶת עֵינָי/ו֙ וַ/יַּ֔רְא וְ/הִנֵּה אִ֖ישׁ רָ֥ץ לְ/בַדּֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
32. 'So, too, with respect to the water of the river, they sometimes make foolish statements. For having seen that there has been much rain in the regions of Ethiopia, and knowing that they are the cause of the flood of the river before the water has come to Egypt they run on and announce it. And this men could have told, if they had as great power of running as the demons. And…
Cross-references
- 2Sam 18:4 — And 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.
- 2Sam 19:8 — 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 hi
- 2Sam 19:8 — 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 hi
- Hab 2:1 — I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.