2 Samuel 15:3
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And Absalom answered him: Thy words seem to me good and just. But there is no man appointed by the king to hear thee. And Absalom said:

thy matters

Numbers 16:3,13,14 And when they had stood up against Moses and Aaron, they said: Let it be enough for you, that all the multitude consisteth of holy ones, and the Lord is among them: Why lift you up yourselves above the people of the Lord? . . .

Psalm 12:2 They have spoken vain things, every one to his neighbour: with deceitful lips, and with a double heart have they spoken.

Daniel 11:21 And there shall stand up in his place one despised, and the kingly honour shall not be given him: and he shall come privately, and shall obtain the kingdom by fraud.

2 Peter 2:10 And especially them who walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise government: audacious, self willed, they fear not to bring in sects, blaspheming.

there is, etc.

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

Exodus 20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou mayst be longlived upon the land which the Lord thy God will give thee.

Exodus 21:17 He that curseth his father or mother, shall die the death.

Proverbs 30:11,17 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. . . .

Ezekiel 22:7 They have abused father and mother in thee, they have oppressed the stranger in the midst of thee, they have grieved the fatherless and widow in thee.

Matthew 15:4 Honour thy father and mother: And: He that shall curse father or mother, let him die the death.

Acts 23:5 And Paul said: I knew not, brethren, that he is the high priest. For it is written: Thou shalt not speak evil of the prince of thy people.

1 Peter 2:17 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

Context
Absalom's Conspiracy
2And Absalom rising up early stood by the entrance of the gate, and when any man had business to come to the king's judgment, Absalom called him to him, and said: Of what city art thou? He answered, and said: Thy servant is of such tribe of Israel. 3And Absalom answered him: Thy words seem to me good and just. But there is no man appointed by the king to hear thee. And Absalom said:4O that they would make me judge over the land, that all that have business might come to me, that I might do them justice.…
Cross References
Proverbs 12:2
Man shall not be strengthened by wickedness: and the root of the just shall not be moved.

2 Samuel 15:4
O that they would make me judge over the land, that all that have business might come to me, that I might do them justice.

Lexicon
Absalom
אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם (’aḇ·šā·lō·wm)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 53: Absalom -- 'my father is peace', two Israelites

would say,
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Look,
רְאֵ֥ה (rə·’êh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

your claims
דְבָרֶ֖ךָ (ḏə·ḇā·re·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

are good
טוֹבִ֣ים (ṭō·w·ḇîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

and right,
וּנְכֹחִ֑ים (ū·nə·ḵō·ḥîm)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5228: Straightforward, equitable, correct, integrity

but the king
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

[has] no deputy
אֵין־ (’ên-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

to hear
וְשֹׁמֵ֥עַ (wə·šō·mê·a‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8085: To hear intelligently

you.”
לְךָ֖ (lə·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew


Additional Translations
Absalom would say, “Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you.”And Absalom said to him, See, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear you.

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

And Abessalom said to him, See, thy affairs are right and clear, yet thou hast no one appointed of the king to hear thee.

And Absalom said to him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man to hear thee [appointed] by the king.

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

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

Absalom said to him, "Behold, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputized by the king to hear you."

And Absalom saith unto him, 'See, thy matters are good and straightforward -- and there is none hearkening to thee from the king.'
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