2 Samuel 15:4

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

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

Cross References

Judges 9:29

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

2 Peter 2:19

These false teachers promise those people freedom, but they themselves are not free. They are slaves to a mind that has been ruined by sin. Yes, people are slaves to anything that controls them.

Proverbs 27:2

Never praise yourself. Let others do it.

Proverbs 25:6

Don’t brag about yourself before the king and pretend you are someone important.

2 Samuel 15:5

And if anyone came to Absalom and started to bow down to him, Absalom would treat him like a close friend—he would reach out and touch him and kiss him.