2 Samuel 15:3

And Absalom would answer him: “Your words seem good and just to me. But there is no one appointed by the king to hear you.” And Absalom would say:

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In The King James Version

And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.

In Context

2And rising up in the morning, Absalom was standing beside the entrance of the gate. And when there was any man who had a dispute that might go before the king’s judgment, Absalom would call him to him, and would say, “Which city are you from?” And responding, he would say, “I am your servant, from a certain tribe of Israel.”

4“Who may appoint me judge over the land, so that all those who have a dispute might come to me, and I might judge justly.”

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12Honor your father and your mother, so that you may have a long life upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.

Numbers 16:3And when they had stood against Moses and Aaron, they said: “Let it be sufficient for you that the entire multitude is of holy ones, and that the Lord is among them. Why do you elevate yourselves above the people of the Lord?”

2 Samuel 8:15And David reigned over all of Israel. And David accomplished judgment and justice with all his people.

Proverbs 12:2Whoever is good shall draw grace from the Lord. But whoever trusts in his own thoughts acts impiously.

Proverbs 30:17The eye of one who mocks his father and who despises the childbearing of his mother, let the ravens of the torrent tear it out, and let the sons of the eagles consume it.

Daniel 11:21And there will stand up in his place the despicable one, and he will not be assigned the honor of a king. And he will arrive in secret, and he will obtain the kingdom by deceitfulness.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 15:2-7

Absalom's Ambition. ( b. c. 1027.) 1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. 2 And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel. 3 And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed… Read the whole commentary →

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