2 Samuel 17:11

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 1 Samuel 3:20.

the sand, &c. A common figure for an innumerable multitude. Cp. Genesis 22:17; Genesis 41:49; 1 Samuel 13:5; Psalms 78:27; &c.

and that thou go, &c. Or, and that thy presence go in the midst of them; as the Sept., Vulg., and other versions read instead of to the battle.