8. Then the king arose and sat in the gate. And they told all the people, saying, “There is the king, sitting in the gate.” So all the people came before the king.For everyone of Israel had fled to his tent.
9. Now all the people were in a dispute throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “The king saved us from the hand of our enemies, he delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, and now he has fled from the land because of Absalom.
10. But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, has died in battle. Now therefore, why do you say nothing about bringing back the king?”