2 Samuel 15:2

New International Version

He would get up early and stand by the side of the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone came with a complaint to be placed before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out to him, “What town are you from?” He would answer, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.”

Cross References

Genesis 34:20

So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city to speak to the men of their city.

2 Samuel 19:8

So the king got up and took his seat in the gateway. When the men were told, “The king is sitting in the gateway,” they all came before him. Meanwhile, the Israelites had fled to their homes.

2 Chronicles 10:7

They replied, “If you will be kind to these people and please them and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your servants.”

Job 24:14

When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up, kills the poor and needy, and in the night steals forth like a thief.

Exodus 18:14

When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he said, “What is this you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge, while all these people stand around you from morning till evening?”

Exodus 18:16

Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me, and I decide between the parties and inform them of God’s decrees and instructions.”

Exodus 18:26

They served as judges for the people at all times. The difficult cases they brought to Moses, but the simple ones they decided themselves.

Proverbs 4:16

For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.

Daniel 11:21

“He will be succeeded by a contemptible person who has not been given the honor of royalty. He will invade the kingdom when its people feel secure, and he will seize it through intrigue.

Matthew 27:1

Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people made their plans how to have Jesus executed.

Deuteronomy 17:8

If cases come before your courts that are too difficult for you to judge—whether bloodshed, lawsuits or assaults—take them to the place the Lord your God will choose.

Ruth 4:1

Meanwhile Boaz went up to the town gate and sat down there just as the guardian-redeemer he had mentioned came along. Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.