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2 Absalom used to get up early and stand by the road leading to the city gate. When anyone had a case to be tried by King David, Absalom would ask, |Which city are you from?| After the person had told him which tribe in Israel he was from, 3 Absalom would say, |Your case is good and proper, but the king hasn't appointed anyone to hear it.| 4 He would add, |I wish someone would make me judge in the land. Then anyone who had a case to be tried could come to me, and I would make sure that he got justice.| 5 When anyone approached him and bowed down, Absalom would reach out, take hold of him, and kiss him. 6 This is what he did for all Israelites who came to the king to have him try their case. So Absalom stole the hearts of the people of Israel. 2 Samuel 15:2-6, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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