2 Samuel 15:3

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 used to rise up early, and stand beside the way of the gate; and it was so, that when any man had a suit which should come 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.'

4Absalom said moreover: 'Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who hath any suit or cause might come unto 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 long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Numbers 16:3and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them: 'Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them; wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?'

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

Proverbs 12:2A good man shall obtain favour of the LORD; but a man of wicked devices will He condemn.

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

Daniel 11:21And in his place shall stand up a contemptible person, upon whom had not been conferred the majesty of the kingdom; but he shall come in time of security, and shall obtain the kingdom by blandishments.

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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