2 Samuel 15:3

And Absalom said to him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man to hear thee [appointed] by the king.

Darby Translation

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 Absalom rose early, and stood beside the way of the gate; and it was so, that when any man who had a controversy had to come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.

4And Absalom said, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any controversy and cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Numbers 16:3and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, It is enough; for all the assembly, all of them are holy, and Jehovah is among them; and why do ye lift up yourselves above the congregation of Jehovah?

2 Samuel 8:15And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice to all his people.

Proverbs 12:2A good [man] obtaineth favour of Jehovah; but a man of mischievous devices will he condemn.

Proverbs 30:17The eye that mocketh at a father, and despiseth to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

Daniel 11:21And in his place shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom; but he shall come in peaceably and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

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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