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2 Then he would get up early, stand near the passageway to the palace gate, and when anyone arrived to file a legal complaint for a hearing before the king, Absalom would call to him and ask, |You're from what city?| If he replied, |Your servant is from one of Israel's tribes,| 3 Absalom would respond, |Look, your claims are valid and defensible, but nobody will listen to you on behalf of the king. 4 Who will appoint me to be a judge in the land? When anyone arrived to file a legal complaint or other cause, he could approach me for justice and I would settle it!| 2 Samuel 15:2-4, Intl. Standard Version. Copyright © 1995-2014 by ISV Foundation.
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