2 Samuel 15:3

And Abessalom said to him, See, your affairs are right and + 15:3 Gr. easy to be understood. clear, yet you have no one appointed of the king to hear you.

LXX2012 (US English)

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 Abessalom rose early, and stood by the side of the way of the gate: and it came to pass that every man who had a cause, came to the king for judgment, and Abessalom cried to him, and said to him, Of what city are you? And he said, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.

4And Abessalom said, O that one would make me a judge in the land; then every man who had a dispute or a cause would come to me, and I would judge him!

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12+ 20:12 Matt 15:4 Honor your father and your mother, that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the good land, which the Lord your God gives to you.

Numbers 16:3They rose up against Moses and Aaron, and said, Let it be enough for you that all the congregation are holy, and the Lord is among them; and why do you⌃ set up yourselves against the congregation of the Lord?

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

Proverbs 12:2+ 12:2 Or. better is he, etc. He that has found favor with the Lord is made better; but a transgressor shall be passed over in silence.

Proverbs 30:17The eye that laughs to scorn a father, and dishonors the old age of a mother, let the ravens of the valleys pick it out, and let the young eagles devour it.

Daniel 11:21One shall stand on his place, who has been set a nothing, and they have not put upon him the honor of the kingdom: but he shall come in prosperously, and obtain the kingdom by deceitful ways.

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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