2 Samuel 15:2

Good News Translation

He would get up early and go and stand by the road at the city gate. Whenever someone came there with a dispute that he wanted the king to settle, Absalom would call him over and ask him where he was from. And after the man had told him what tribe he was from,

Cross References

Genesis 34:20

Hamor and his son Shechem went to the meeting place at the city gate and spoke to the people of the town:

2 Samuel 19:8

Then the king got up, and went and sat near the city gate. His men heard that he was there, and they all gathered around him. Meanwhile all the Israelites had fled to their own hometowns.

2 Chronicles 10:7

They replied, “If you are kind to these people and try to please them by giving a considerate answer, they will always serve you loyally.”

Job 24:14

At dawn the murderer gets up and goes out to kill the poor, and at night he steals.

Exodus 18:14

When Jethro saw everything that Moses had to do, he asked, “What is all this that you are doing for the people? Why are you doing this all alone, with people standing here from morning till night to consult you?”

Exodus 18:16

When two people have a dispute, they come to me, and I decide which one of them is right, and I tell them God's commands and laws.”

Exodus 18:26

They served as judges for the people on a permanent basis, bringing the difficult cases to Moses but deciding the smaller disputes themselves.

Proverbs 4:16

Wicked people cannot sleep unless they have done something wrong. They lie awake unless they have hurt someone.

Daniel 11:21

The angel went on to explain: “The next king of Syria will be an evil man who has no right to be king, but he will come unexpectedly and seize power by trickery.

Matthew 27:1

Early in the morning all the chief priests and the elders made their plans against Jesus to put him to death.

Deuteronomy 17:8

“It may be that some cases will be too difficult for the local judges to decide, such as certain cases of property rights or of bodily injury or those cases that involve a distinction between murder and manslaughter. When this happens, go to the one place of worship chosen by the Lord your God,

Ruth 4:1

Boaz went to the meeting place at the town gate and sat down there. Then Elimelech's nearest relative, the man whom Boaz had mentioned, came by, and Boaz called to him, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.