2 Samuel 15:3

And Absalom answered him: Thy words seem to me good and just. But there is no man appointed by the king to hear thee. And Absalom said:

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 rising up early stood by the entrance of the gate, and when any man had business to come to the king's judgment, Absalom called him to him, and said: Of what city art thou? He answered, and said: Thy servant is of such a tribe of Israel.

4O that they would make me judge over the land, that all that have business might come to me, that I might do them justice.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou mayest be longlived upon the land which the Lord thy God will give thee.

Numbers 16:3And when they had stood up against Moses and Aaron, they said: Let it be enough for you, that all the multitude consisteth of holy ones, and the Lord is among them: Why lift you up yourselves above the people of the Lord?

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

Proverbs 12:2He that is good, shall draw grace from the Lord : but he that trusteth in his own devices doth wickedly.

Proverbs 30:17The eye that mocketh at his father, and that despiseth the labour of his mother in bearing him, let the ravens of the brooks pick it out, and the young eagles eat it.

Daniel 11:21And there shall stand up in his place one despised, and the kingly honour shall not be given him: and he shall come privately, and shall obtain the kingdom by fraud.

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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