2 Samuel 15:2

He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask, “What city are you from?” And if he replied, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”

Cross References (9)

  • Job 24:14 (2)

    When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.

  • Exodus 18:14 (2)

    When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he asked, “What is this that you are doing for the p

  • Exodus 18:16 (2)

    “Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me to judge between one man and another, and I make known to them the st

  • 2 Samuel 19:8 (2)

    So the king got up and sat in the gate, and all the people were told: “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” So they

  • Proverbs 4:16 (2)

    For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.

  • 1 Kings 3:16–28 (2)

    At that time two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.

  • Matthew 27:1 (2)

    When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.

  • Exodus 18:26 (2)

    And they judged the people at all times; they would bring the difficult cases to Moses, but any minor issue they would j

  • Ruth 4:1 (2)

    Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boa