2 Samuel 19:9-11

Tree of Life Version

⁹ So the king arose and sat in the gate. When they told all the troops saying, “See, the king is sitting at the gate,” all the troops presented themselves before the king.

David’s Restoration and Grace

Meanwhile, Israel had fled each man to his tent. ¹⁰ All the people throughout all the tribes of Israel were at strife saying, “The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies and he saved us from the hand of the Philistines. Yet now he had to flee from the land because of Absalom, ¹¹ but Absalom, whom we anointed over us, has died in battle. So why are we silent about restoring the king?”