2 Samuel 15:2

Absalom would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. When any man had a dispute to come to the king for judgment, Absalom called to him and said, “From what city have you come?” Then the man would answer, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.”

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1It came about after this that Absalom prepared a chariot and horses for himself, with fifty men to run before him.

3So Absalom would say to him, “Look, your case is good and right, but there is no one empowered by the king to hear your case.”

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Cross References

Exodus 18:14When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did for the people, he said, “What is this that you are doing with the people? Why is it that you sit alone and all the people stand about you from morning until evening?”

Exodus 18:26They judged the people in normal circumstances. The difficult cases they brought to Moses, but they themselves judged all the small cases.

Ruth 4:1Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there. Soon, the near kinsman of whom Boaz had spoken came by. Boaz said to him, “My friend, come over and sit down here.” The man came over and sat down.

1 Kings 3:16Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.

Job 24:14Before daylight the murderer rises 1 and he kills poor and needy people; 1 in the night he is like a thief. 1

Daniel 11:21In his place will rise up a despised person to whom the people will not have given the honor of royal power; he will come unexpectedly and will take over the kingdom by trickery.

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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