2 Samuel 15:2

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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.

Cross References

Matthew 27:1

AND when morning was come, all the chief priests and ancients of the people took counsel against Jesus, that they might put him to death.

Proverbs 4:16

For they sleep not except they have done evil: and their sleep is taken away unless they have made some to fall.

Job 24:14

The murderer riseth at the very break of day; he killeth the needy, and the poor man: but in the night he will be as a thief.

2 Samuel 19:8

Then the king arose and sat in the gate: and it was told to all the people that the king sat in the gate. And all the people came before the king but Israel fled to their own dwellings.

Ruth 4:1

Then Booz went up to the gate, and sat there. And when he had seen the kinsman going by, of whom he had spoken before, he said to him, calling him by his name: Turn aside for a little while, and sit down here. He turned aside, and sat down.

Exodus 18:26

And they judged the people at all times: and whatsoever was of greater difficulty they referred to him: and they judged the easier cases only.

Exodus 18:16

And when any controversy falleth out among them, they come to me to judge between them, and to shew the precepts of God, and his laws.

Exodus 18:14

And when his kinsman had seen all things that he did among the people, he said: What is it that thou dost among the people? Why sittest thou alone, and all the people wait from morning till night?

Genesis 34:20

And going into the gate of the city, they spoke to the people:

Deuteronomy 17:8

If thou perceive that there be among you a hard and doubtful matter in judgment between blood and blood, cause and cause, leprosy and leprosy: and thou see that the words of the judges within thy gates do vary: arise, and go up to the place, which the Lord thy God shall choose.

2 Chronicles 10:7

And they said to him: If thou please this people, and soothe them with kind words, they will be thy servants for ever.