2 Samuel 15:4

וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְשָׁלוֹם מִי ־ יְשִׂמֵנִי שֹׁפֵט בָּאָרֶץ וְעָלַי יָבוֹא כָּל ־ אִישׁ אֲשֶֽׁר ־ יִהְיֶה ־ לּוֹ ־ רִיב וּמִשְׁפָּט וְהִצְדַּקְתִּֽיו ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!

In Context

3וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אַבְשָׁלוֹם רְאֵה דְבָרֶךָ טוֹבִים וּנְכֹחִים וְשֹׁמֵעַ אֵין ־ לְךָ מֵאֵת הַמֶּֽלֶךְ ׃

5וְהָיָה בִּקְרָב ־ אִישׁ לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺת לוֹ וְשָׁלַח אֶת ־ יָדוֹ וְהֶחֱזִיק לוֹ וְנָשַׁק לֽוֹ ׃

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Cross References

Judges 9:29וּמִי יִתֵּן אֶת ־ הָעָם הַזֶּה בְּיָדִי וְאָסִירָה אֶת ־ אֲבִימֶלֶךְ וַיֹּאמֶר לַאֲבִימֶלֶךְ רַבֶּה צְבָאֲךָ וָצֵֽאָה ׃

Proverbs 27:2יְהַלֶּלְךָ זָר וְלֹא ־ פִיךָ נָכְרִי וְאַל ־ שְׂפָתֶֽיךָ ׃

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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