Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
2 Samuel 15:3
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Absalom would say, “Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you.”
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And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters [are] good and right; but [there is] no man [deputed] of the king to hear thee.
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Absalom said to him, “Behold, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputized by the king to hear you.”
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And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
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2 Samuel 15
1 Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.
2 He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask, “What city are you from?” And if he replied, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”
3 Absalom would say, “Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you.”
4 And he would add, “If only someone would appoint me judge in the land, then everyone with a grievance or dispute could come to me, and I would give him justice.”
5 Also, when anyone approached to bow down to him, Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him, and kiss him.
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