The king answered, “I will do whatever seems best to you.”

So the king stood beside the gate while all his men marched out in units of hundreds and of thousands.

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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.

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24 While David was sitting between the inner and outer gates, the watchman(A) went up to the roof of the gateway by the wall. As he looked out, he saw a man running alone.

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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.

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He will be a spirit of justice(A)
    to the one who sits in judgment,(B)
a source of strength
    to those who turn back the battle(C) at the gate.

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And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.

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18 David mustered the men who were with him and appointed over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.

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18 And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds over them.

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As the Philistine rulers marched with their units of hundreds and thousands, David and his men were marching at the rear(A) with Achish.

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And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish.

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