2 Samuel 15:2-4

Modern English Version

² Absalom would go early and stand beside the way into the gate. When any man who had a dispute concerning which he had come to the king for a judgment approached, Absalom would call to him and say, “Which city are you from?” And he would say, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.” ³ Then Absalom would say to him, “Look, your claim is good and right, but there is no one to hear you on behalf of the king.” ⁴ Absalom would continue, “If I were appointed a judge in the land, then every man who had a claim could come and I would give him justice.”