2 Samuel 15:3
“And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.”
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
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 art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!
And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.
Cross-References
“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.”
“And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.”
“A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.”
“Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.”
“Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?”