Verse 24

Now David{H1732} was sitting{H3427} between the two{H8147} gates:{H8179} and the watchman{H6822} went up{H3212} to the roof{H1406} of the gate{H8179} unto the wall,{H2346} and lifted up{H5375} his eyes,{H5869} and looked,{H7200} and, behold, a man{H376} running{H7323} alone.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 19:8 : 8 Then the king{H4428} arose,{H6965} and sat{H3427} in the gate.{H8179} And they told{H5046} unto all the people,{H5971} saying,{H559} Behold, the king{H4428} is sitting{H3427} in the gate:{H8179} and all the people{H5971} came{H935} before{H6440} the king.{H4428} Now Israel{H3478} had fled{H5127} every man{H376} to his tent.{H168}
  • 2 Kgs 9:17-20 : 17 Now the watchman{H6822} was standing{H5975} on the tower{H4026} in Jezreel,{H3157} and he spied{H7200} the company{H8229} of Jehu{H3058} as he came,{H935} and said,{H559} I see{H7200} a company.{H8229} And Joram{H3088} said,{H559} Take{H3947} a horseman,{H7395} and send{H7971} to meet{H7125} them, and let him say,{H559} Is it peace?{H7965} 18 So there went{H3212} one on horseback{H7392} to meet{H7125} him, and said,{H559} Thus saith{H559} the king,{H4428} Is it peace?{H7965} And Jehu{H3058} said,{H559} What hast thou to do with peace?{H7965} turn{H5437} thee behind{H310} me. And the watchman{H6822} told,{H5046} saying,{H559} The messenger{H4397} came{H935} to them, but he cometh not back.{H7725} 19 Then he sent out{H7971} a second{H8145} on horseback,{H7392} who came{H935} to them, and said,{H559} Thus saith{H559} the king,{H4428} Is it peace?{H7965} And Jehu{H3058} answered,{H559} What hast thou to do with peace?{H7965} turn{H5437} thee behind{H310} me. 20 And the watchman{H6822} told,{H5046} saying,{H559} He came{H935} even unto them, and cometh not back:{H7725} and the driving{H4491} is like the driving{H4491} of Jehu{H3058} the son{H1121} of Nimshi;{H5250} for he driveth{H5090} furiously.{H7697}
  • Isa 21:6-9 : 6 For thus hath the Lord{H136} said{H559} unto me, Go,{H3212} set{H5975} a watchman:{H6822} let him declare{H5046} what he seeth:{H7200} 7 and when he seeth{H7200} a troop,{H7393} horsemen{H6571} in pairs,{H6776} a troop{H7393} of asses,{H2543} a troop{H7393} of camels,{H1581} he shall hearken{H7181} diligently{H7182} with much{H7227} heed.{H7182} 8 And he cried{H7121} as a lion:{H738} O Lord,{H136} I stand{H5975} continually{H8548} upon the watch-tower{H4707} in the day-time,{H3119} and am set{H5324} in my ward{H4931} whole nights;{H3915} 9 and, behold, here cometh{H935} a troop{H7393} of men,{H376} horsemen{H6571} in pairs.{H6776} And he answered{H6030} and said,{H559} Fallen,{H5307} fallen{H5307} is Babylon;{H894} and all the graven images{H6456} of her gods{H430} are broken{H7665} unto the ground.{H776}
  • Isa 21:11-12 : 11 The burden{H4853} of Dumah.{H1746} One calleth{H7121} unto me out of Seir,{H8165} Watchman,{H8104} what of the night?{H3915} Watchman,{H8104} what of the night?{H3915} 12 The watchman{H8104} said,{H559} The morning{H1242} cometh,{H857} and also the night:{H3915} if ye will inquire,{H1158} inquire{H1158} ye: turn{H7725} ye, come.{H857}
  • Ezek 33:2-7 : 2 Son{H1121} of man,{H120} speak{H1696} to the children{H1121} of thy people,{H5971} and say{H559} unto them, When I bring{H935} the sword{H2719} upon a land,{H776} and the people{H5971} of the land{H776} take{H3947} a{H259} man{H376} from among{H7097} them, and set{H5414} him for their watchman;{H6822} 3 if, when he seeth{H7200} the sword{H2719} come{H935} upon the land,{H776} he blow{H8628} the trumpet,{H7782} and warn{H2094} the people;{H5971} 4 then whosoever{H8085} heareth{H8085} the sound{H6963} of the trumpet,{H7782} and taketh not warning,{H2094} if the sword{H2719} come,{H935} and take him away,{H3947} his blood{H1818} shall be upon his own head.{H7218} 5 He heard{H8085} the sound{H6963} of the trumpet,{H7782} and took not warning;{H2094} his blood{H1818} shall be upon him; whereas if he had taken warning,{H2094} he would have delivered{H4422} his soul.{H5315} 6 But if the watchman{H6822} see{H7200} the sword{H2719} come,{H935} and blow{H8628} not the trumpet,{H7782} and the people{H5971} be not warned,{H2094} and the sword{H2719} come,{H935} and take{H3947} any person{H5315} from among them; he is taken away{H3947} in his iniquity,{H5771} but his blood{H1818} will I require{H1875} at the watchman's{H6822} hand.{H3027} 7 So thou, son{H1121} of man,{H120} I have set{H5414} thee a watchman{H6822} unto the house{H1004} of Israel;{H3478} therefore hear{H8085} the word{H1697} at my mouth,{H6310} and give them warning{H2094} from me.
  • 1 Sam 4:13 : 13 And when he came,{H935} lo, Eli{H5941} was sitting{H3427} upon his seat{H3678} by the wayside{H3027} watching;{H6822} for his heart{H3820} trembled{H2730} for the ark{H727} of God.{H430} And when the man{H376} came{H935} into the city,{H5892} and told{H5046} it, all the city{H5892} cried out.{H2199}
  • 2 Sam 13:34 : 34 But Absalom{H53} fled.{H1272} And the young man{H5288} that kept the watch{H6822} lifted up{H5375} his eyes,{H5869} and looked,{H7200} and, behold, there came{H1980} much{H7227} people{H5971} by the way{H1870} of the hill-side{H2022} {H6654} behind{H310} him.
  • 2 Sam 18:4 : 4 And the king{H4428} said{H559} unto them, What seemeth{H5869} you best{H3190} I will do.{H6213} And the king{H4428} stood{H5975} by the gate-side,{H8179} {H3027} and all the people{H5971} went out{H3318} by hundreds{H3967} and by thousands.{H505}