Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Samuel 19:8
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2 Samuel19:8
8 Then the king rose, and sate 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 his tent.
He was come forth out of his retirement, and appeared in publick, on the Seat of Judgment, at the Gate of the City, to receive the Addresses of his people, and mind the Affairs of the Kingdom.
To congratulate him for the Victory, and to prosess their subjection to him. So Ioab's Speech, though very severe and presumptuous, was, it seems, a word in season, and had that good effect which he designed.
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