2And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
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Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)Absalom is no sooner restored to his place at court than he aims to be in the throne. He that was unhumbled under his troubles became insufferably proud when they were over; and he cannot be content with the honour of being the king’s son, and the prospect of being his successor, but he must be king now. His mother was a king’s daughter; on that perhaps he valued himself, and despised his father,…
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