2 Samuel 15:2

Modern King James Version

And Absalom rose up early and stood beside the way of the gate. And it was so, if any man had a suit to come before the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him and said, What city are you from? 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 to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, saying,

2 Samuel 19:8

Then the king arose and sat in the gate. And they told it to the people, saying, Behold, the king sits in the gate! And all the people came before the king. (For Israel had fled, every one to his tent.)

2 Chronicles 10:7

And they spoke to 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 he is 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 which you do to the people? Why do you sit alone by yourself, and all the people stand by you from morning to evening?

Exodus 18:16

When they have a matter, they come to me. And I judge between one and another, and I make known the statutes of God and His Laws.

Exodus 18:26

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

Proverbs 4:16

For they do not sleep, except when they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away unless they cause some to fall.

Daniel 11:21

And a despised one shall stand up in his place, and they shall not give to him the honor of the king; but he will enter while at ease and seize the kingdom by intrigues.

Matthew 27:1

And it becoming early morning, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put Him to death.

Deuteronomy 17:8

If a matter is too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, matters of strife within your gates, then you shall arise and go up to the place which Jehovah your God shall choose.

Ruth 4:1

And Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there. And behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by. And he said, Such a one! Turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside and sat down.