Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 559 [e] וַיֹּ֤אמֶר way-yō-mer and said Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 413 [e] אֲלֵיהֶם֙ ’ă-lê-hem to them Prep | 3mp 4428 [e] הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ ham-me-leḵ, the king Art | N-ms 834 [e] אֲשֶׁר־ ’ă-šer- whatever Pro-r 3190 [e] יִיטַ֥ב yî-ṭaḇ seems best V-Qal-Imperf-3ms 5869 [e] בְּעֵינֵיכֶ֖ם bə-‘ê-nê-ḵem to you Prep-b | N-cdc | 2mp 6213 [e] אֶעֱשֶׂ֑ה ’e-‘ĕ-śeh; I will do V-Qal-Imperf-1cs 5975 [e] וַיַּעֲמֹ֤ד way-ya-‘ă-mōḏ So stood Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 4428 [e] הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ ham-me-leḵ the king Art | N-ms 413 [e] אֶל־ ’el- to Prep 3027 [e] יַ֣ד yaḏ beside N-fsc 8179 [e] הַשַּׁ֔עַר haš-ša-‘ar, the gate Art | N-ms 3605 [e] וְכָל־ wə-ḵāl and all Conj-w | N-msc 5971 [e] הָעָם֙ hā-‘ām the people Art | N-ms 3381 [e] יָֽצְא֔וּ yā-ṣə-’ū, went out V-Qal-Perf-3cp 3967 [e] לְמֵא֖וֹת lə-mê-’ō-wṯ by hundreds Prep-l | Number-fp 505 [e] וְלַאֲלָפִֽים׃ wə-la-’ă-lā-p̄îm. and by thousands Conj-w, Prep-l | Number-mp

New American Standard Bible
Then the king said to them, "Whatever seems best to you I will do." So the king stood beside the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and thousands.

King James Bible
And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I will do whatever you think is best," the king replied to them. So he stood beside the gate while all the troops marched out by hundreds and thousands.

by the gate

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by hundreds David's small company, by this time, was greatly recruited; but what its number was we cannot tell. Josephus says it amounted only to

2 Samuel 18:1 And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains …

1 Samuel 29:2 And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands…

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