2 Samuel 12:20

12:20 So David got up from the ground, bathed, put on oil, and changed his clothes. He went to the house of the Lord and worshiped. Then, when he entered his palace, he requested that food be brought to him, and he ate.

2 Samuel 15:25

15:25 Then the king said to Zadok, “Take the ark of God back to the city. If I find favor in the Lord’s sight he will bring me back and enable me to see both it and his dwelling place again.

2 Samuel 19:8

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 ¹  all came before him.

David Goes Back to Jerusalem

But the Israelite soldiers ²  had all fled to their own homes. ³ 

[19:8]  ¹ tn Heb “all the people.”

[19:8]  ² tn The Hebrew text has simply “Israel” (see 18:16-17).

[19:8]  ³ tn Heb “had fled, each to his tent.”