2 Samuel 15:2

King James 2000

And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city are you? And he said, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.

Cross References

Genesis 34:20

And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and spoke with the men of their city, saying,

2 Samuel 19:8

Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king does sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.

2 Chronicles 10:7

And they spoke unto him, saying, If you are kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be your servants forever.

Job 24:14

The murderer rising with the light kills the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

Exodus 18:14

And when Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that you do to the people? why sit you yourself alone, and all the people stand by you from morning unto evening?

Exodus 18:16

When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.

Exodus 18:26

And they judged the people at all times: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

Proverbs 4:16

For they sleep not, unless they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause someone to fall.

Daniel 11:21

And in his place shall arise a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honor of royalty: but he shall come in peaceably, and seize the kingdom by flatteries.

Matthew 27:1

When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

Deuteronomy 17:8

If there arise a matter too hard for you in judgment, between bloodsheds, between legal rights, and between assaults, being matters of controversy within your gates: then shall you arise, and get you up into the place which the LORD your God shall choose;

Ruth 4:1

Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.