19:8 So the king got up and sat at the city gate. When all the people were informed that the king was sitting at the city gate, they 2 all came before him.
But the Israelite soldiers 3 had all fled to their own homes. 4
1 tn Heb “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?”
2 tn Heb “all the people.”
3 tn The Hebrew text has simply “Israel” (see 18:16-17).
4 tn Heb “had fled, each to his tent.”