2 Samuel 18:24

KJV1611 – Modern English

And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate to the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.

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  • 2 Sam 19:8 : 8 Then the king arose and sat in the gate. And they told all the people, saying, Behold, the king sits in the gate. And all the people came before the king; for Israel had fled every man to his tent.
  • 2 Kgs 9:17-20 : 17 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he saw the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace? 18 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus says the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What do you have to do with peace? Turn in behind me. And the watchman reported, saying, The messenger reached them, but he has not returned. 19 Then he sent another on horseback, who came to them, and said, Thus says the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What do you have to do with peace? Turn in behind me. 20 And the watchman reported, saying, He reached them and has not returned: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he drives furiously.
  • Isa 21:6-9 : 6 For the Lord has said to me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he sees. 7 And he saw a chariot with a pair of horsemen, a chariot of donkeys, and a chariot of camels; and he listened diligently with great attention: 8 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and I am stationed in my post every night: 9 And, behold, here comes a chariot of men with a pair of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the carved images of her gods he has shattered to the ground.
  • Isa 21:11-12 : 11 The prophecy concerning Dumah. He calls to me out of Seir, Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night? 12 The watchman said, The morning comes, and also the night; if you will inquire, inquire; return, come.
  • Ezek 33:2-7 : 2 Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and say to them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take one of their borders, and set him as their watchman: 3 If when he sees the sword coming upon the land, he blows the trumpet, and warns the people; 4 Then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet, and does not take warning; if the sword comes, and takes him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. 5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and did not take warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he who takes warning shall save his soul. 6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming, and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned; if the sword comes, and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand. 7 So you, O son of man, I have set you a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
  • 1 Sam 4:13 : 13 And when he came, behold, Eli sat upon a seat by the roadside watching, for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city and told it, all the city cried out.
  • 2 Sam 13:34 : 34 But Absalom fled. And the young man who kept the watch lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, many people were coming by way of the hillside behind him.
  • 2 Sam 18:4 : 4 And the king said to them, What seems best to you I will do. And the king stood by the side of the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.

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  • 2 Sam 18:25-30
    6 verses
    86%

    25And the watchman called, and told the king. And the king said, If he is alone, there is news in his mouth. And he came quickly, and approached.

    26And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called to the gatekeeper, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king said, He also brings news.

    27And the watchman said, It seems to me the running of the first is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and comes with good news.

    28And Ahimaaz called, and said to the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.

    29And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and me your servant, I saw a great commotion, but I did not know what it was.

    30And the king said to him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.

  • 2 Sam 18:21-23
    3 verses
    79%

    21Then Joab said to Cushi, Go tell the king what you have seen. And Cushi bowed himself to Joab, and ran.

    22Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said yet again to Joab, But however, let me, I pray you, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Why will you run, my son, seeing that you have no news ready?

    23But however, he said, let me run. And he said to him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and outran Cushi.

  • 2 Sam 13:34
    74%

    34But Absalom fled. And the young man who kept the watch lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, many people were coming by way of the hillside behind him.

  • 2 Sam 17:16-18
    3 verses
    73%

    16Now therefore send quickly and tell David, saying, Do not lodge this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over, lest the king and all the people who are with him be swallowed up.

    17Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a woman went and told them, and they went and told King David.

    18Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they both went away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court, where they went down.

  • 2 Sam 18:19
    73%

    19Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, Let me now run, and bear the king news, how the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.

  • 2 Sam 19:8
    72%

    8Then the king arose and sat in the gate. And they told all the people, saying, Behold, the king sits in the gate. And all the people came before the king; for Israel had fled every man to his tent.

  • 1 Sam 26:13
    71%

    13Then David went over to the other side and stood on the top of a hill a great distance away, a large space being between them.

  • 2 Sam 11:22-23
    2 verses
    69%

    22So the messenger went, and came and told David all that Joab had sent by him.

    23And the messenger said to David, Surely the men prevailed against us and came out to us in the field, and we drove them back as far as the entrance of the gate.

  • 2 Sam 17:24
    69%

    24Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

  • 1 Sam 19:12
    68%

    12So Michal let David down through a window; and he went, and fled, and escaped.

  • 2 Sam 15:30
    68%

    30And David went up by the ascent of Mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people who were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.

  • 1 Sam 17:22-23
    2 verses
    68%

    22David left his baggage in the care of the baggage keeper, ran to the army, and greeted his brothers.

    23As he talked with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath named Goliath came from the ranks of the Philistines and spoke the same words as before, and David heard them.

  • 2 Sam 17:20-21
    2 verses
    67%

    20And when Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house, they said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

    21And it came to pass, after they departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told King David, and said to David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you.

  • 1 Sam 24:3
    67%

    3And he came to the sheepfolds by the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. And David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.

  • 1 Sam 23:26
    67%

    26And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men surrounded David and his men, intending to capture them.

  • 1 Sam 21:1
    67%

    1Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David and said to him, Why are you alone, and no man with you?

  • 2 Sam 15:18
    67%

    18And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.

  • 1 Sam 17:48
    67%

    48When the Philistine arose and came near to meet David, David hurried and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.

  • 1 Sam 24:22
    67%

    22And David swore to Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men went up to the stronghold.

  • 2 Sam 15:28
    67%

    28See, I will stay in the plain of the wilderness, until word comes from you to confirm me.

  • 1 Sam 27:2
    66%

    2And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men who were with him to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

  • 2 Sam 15:14
    66%

    14And David said to all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.

  • 2 Sam 1:3
    66%

    3And David said to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I have escaped from the camp of Israel.

  • 1 Sam 26:5
    66%

    5And David arose and came to the place where Saul had camped. And David saw where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his army. Saul lay within the camp, and the people were camped around him.

  • 2 Sam 24:18-19
    2 verses
    66%

    18And Gad came that day to David, and said to him, Go up, erect an altar to the LORD in the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

    19And David, according to the word of Gad, went up as the LORD commanded.

  • 1 Sam 30:21
    66%

    21And David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had also made to stay at the brook Besor: and they went out to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he greeted them.

  • 1 Sam 23:7
    66%

    7And it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, God has delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that has gates and bars.

  • 1 Sam 24:1
    66%

    1And it came to pass, when Saul returned from following the Philistines, that it was told to him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi.

  • 1 Sam 17:20
    66%

    20David rose early in the morning, left the sheep with a keeper, took the provisions, and went as Jesse had commanded him; he came to the camp as the army was going out to the fight and shouting for battle.

  • 1 Sam 25:12
    66%

    12So David's young men turned away, and went back, and came and told him all these words.

  • 1 Sam 23:29
    66%

    29And David went up from there, and lived in strongholds at Engedi.

  • 2 Sam 17:2
    66%

    2And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people who are with him will flee, and I will strike the king only:

  • 1 Sam 19:18
    65%

    18So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel at Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and lived in Naioth.

  • 1 Sam 23:24
    65%

    24And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul; but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.

  • 1 Sam 22:1
    65%

    1David therefore departed from there, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.

  • 1 Sam 20:25
    65%

    25And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty.

  • 2 Sam 18:2
    65%

    2And David sent a third of the people under the command of Joab, a third under the command of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third under the command of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, I will surely go out with you myself also.