2 Samuel 15:4

Easy To Read Version

Absalom would also say, “Oh, I wish someone would make me a judge in this country! Then I could help every man who comes to me with a problem. I would help him get a fair solution to his problem.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:5

And if a person came to Absalom and started to bow down to him, Absalom would {treat him like a close friend}—Absalom would reach out and touch that person and kiss him.

Proverbs 25:6

Don’t brag about yourself before a king. Don’t say that you are a famous person.

Proverbs 27:2

Never praise yourself. Let other people do it.

2 Peter 2:19

These false teachers promise that those people will have freedom. But the false teachers themselves are not free. They are slaves of things that will be destroyed. A person is a slave to the thing that controls him.

Judges 9:29

If you make me the commander of these people, then I will destroy Abimelech. I will say to him, ‘Get your army ready and come out to battle.’”