2 Samuel 15:2

Catholic Public Domain Version

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."

Cross References

Genesis 34:20

And entering at the gate of the city, they spoke to the people:

2 Samuel 19:8

Therefore, the king rose up, and he sat at the gate. And it was announced to all the people that the king was sitting at the gate. And the entire multitude went before the king. But Israel fled to their own tents.

2 Chronicles 10:7

And they said to him, "If you please this people, and if you soothe them with words of clemency, they will be your servants for all days."

Job 24:14

The killer of men rises at first light; he executes the destitute and the poor, but, in truth, he is like a thief in the night.

Exodus 18:14

And when, of course, his kinsman saw all that he did among the people, he said: "What is this that you do among the people? Why do you sit alone, while all the people stand before you, from morning, even until evening?"

Exodus 18:16

And when any kind of dispute occurs among them, they come to me to judge between them, and to reveal the precepts of God and of his laws."

Exodus 18:26

And they judged the people at all times. But whatever was more serious, they referred to him, and they judged easier matters only.

Proverbs 4:16

For they do not sleep, unless they have done evil. And their sleep is quickly taken away from them, unless they have overthrown.

Daniel 11:21

And there will stand up in his place the despicable one, and he will not be assigned the honor of a king. And he will arrive in secret, and he will obtain the kingdom by deceitfulness.

Matthew 27:1

Then, when morning arrived, all the leaders of the priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so that they might deliver him to death.

Deuteronomy 17:8

If you have perceived that there is among you a difficult and doubtful matter of judgment, between blood and blood, cause and cause, leprosy and leprosy, and if you will have seen that the words of the judges within your gates vary: rise up and ascend to the place which the Lord your God will choose.

Ruth 4:1

Then Boaz went up to the gate, and he sat there. And when he had seen the kinsman passing by, whom he had previously discussed, he spoke to him, calling him by his name, "Pause for a little while, and sit down here." He turned aside and sat down.