2 Samuel 18:24

between the two gates. The outer and inner gates of the city wall.

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

And David sat between the two (h) gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and be...
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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

David sat between the two gates It is probable the gates of cities then were, as they now generally are, large and thick, and that, for greater sec...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 18:1 . “David numbered,” etc. “The hardy mountaineers of Gilead came in great numbers at the call of t...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And David sat between the two gates, the space between the outer and the inner gates; and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wa...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 4:13 ; 2 Kings 9:17-20 ; 2 Samuel 18:4 ; Ezekiel 33:2-7 ; Isaiah 21:11 ; Isaiah 21:12 ; Isaiah 21:6-9
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Gates — For the gates of the cities then were, as now they are, large and thick; and for the greater security, had two gates, one more outward, the...

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.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 18:24

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Samuel 18:24