2 Samuel 15:2 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

² And Absalom used to rise early and stand beside the way of the gate; and when any man had a suit to come before the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him, and say, “From what city are you?” And when he said, “Your servant is of such and such a tribe in Israel,”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And [he] rose up early and stood beside the gateway; and when any man who had a controversy came to the king for judgment, Absalom called to him, Of what city are you? And he would say, Your servant is of such and such a tribe of Israel.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that, when any man had a suit which should come 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.

Common English Bible

² Absalom would get up early and stand by the side of the road that went through the city gate. Whenever anyone had a lawsuit to bring before the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him, “What city are you from?” When the person said, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And rising up in the morning, Absalom was standing beside the entrance of the gate. And when there was any man who had a dispute that might go before the king's judgment, Absalom would call him to him, and would say, "Which city are you from?" And responding, he would say, "I am your servant, from a certain tribe of Israel."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And 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 a tribe of Israel.

2 Samuel 15:2 Cross References

Genesis 34:20

So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

2 Samuel 19:8

Then the king arose, and took his seat in the gate. And the people were all told, “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate”; and all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his own home.

2 Chronicles 10:7

And they said to him, “If you will be kind to this people and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants for ever.”

Job 24:14

The murderer rises in the dark, that he may kill the poor and needy; and in the night he is as a thief.

Exodus 18:14

When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, “What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand about you from morning till evening?”

Exodus 18:16

when they have a dispute, they come to me and I decide between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God and his decisions.”

Exodus 18:26

And they judged the people at all times; hard cases they brought to Moses, but any small matter they decided themselves.

Proverbs 4:16

For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made some one stumble.

Daniel 11:21

In his place shall arise a contemptible person to whom royal majesty has not been given; he shall come in without warning and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

Matthew 27:1

When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death;

Deuteronomy 17:8

“If any case arises requiring decision between one kind of homicide and another, one kind of legal right and another, or one kind of assault and another, any case within your towns which is too difficult for you, then you shall arise and go up to the place which the Lord your God will choose,

Ruth 4:1

And Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there; and behold, the next of kin, of whom Boaz had spoken, came by. So Boaz said, “Turn aside, friend; sit down here”; and he turned aside and sat down.