Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or case might come to me, and I would do for him justice!
And would that this people were under my hand! Then I would remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.
promising them freedom, while they themselves are bondmen of corruption, for by what any man has been overcome, of this he has also been enslaved.
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth, a stranger, and not thine own lips.
Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men.
And it was so, that, when any man came near to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him.