2 Samuel 18:24

“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.”

"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." - 2 Samuel 18:24
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What does 2 Samuel 18:24 mean?

The Bible verse 2 Samuel 18:24, from the King James Version (KJV), reads: "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." This verse comes from the second…

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The Watchman's Vigil: Lessons from the Heart of David

**Scripture Reference: 2 Samuel 18:24** *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.* In this moment captured in 2 Samuel 18:24, we find ourselves in an…

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A Prayer for Perseverance and Watchfulness

Heavenly Father, As I come before You today, I am reminded of the words found in 2 Samuel 18:24: "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." Lord, You…

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2 Samuel 18:24 - "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."
2 Samuel 24:18 - "And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite."
1 Samuel 18:24 - "And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David."
2 Samuel 19:24
2 Samuel 24:22
2 Samuel 24:22
2 Samuel 24:22
1 Samuel 2:18 - "¶ But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod."
2 Samuel 20:24 - "And Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder:"
2 Samuel 24:19 - "And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD commanded."
"And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David." - 1 Samuel 18:24
"And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite." - 2 Samuel 24:18
2 Samuel 5:18 - "The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim."
2 Samuel 24:6 - "Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they came to Dan-jaan, and about to Zidon,"
2 Samuel 2:18 - "¶ And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe."
2 Samuel 23:24 - "Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,"
2 Samuel 11:18 - "¶ Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;"
1 Samuel 24:18 - "And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not."
2 Samuel 22:24 - "I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity."
2 Samuel 17:24 - "Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him."
1 Samuel 2:24 - "Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD'S people to transgress."
2 Samuel 18:6 - "¶ So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;"
2 Samuel 24:11 - "For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,"
2 Samuel 24:5 - "¶ And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:"
2 Samuel 24:8 - "So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days."
1 Samuel 18:2 - "And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house."
2 Samuel 2:24 - "Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon."
2 Samuel 18:10 - "And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak."
2 Samuel 8:18 - "And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers."