2 Samuel 17:11
Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
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Gill's Exposition
So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found,.... For such a numerous army, which would be spread abroad, could not well fail of finding him out, let him be in what lurking place he…
Absalom is now in peaceable possession of Jerusalem; the palace-royal is his own, as are the thrones of judgment, even the thrones of the house of David. His good father reigned in Hebron, and only…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
be generally gathered Generally = -as a whole": as we might say, "that there be a general gathering of all Israel."
from Dan even to Beer-sheba See note on 1Sa 3:20.
the sand, &c. A common figure for…
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