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2 Samuel 15:3-5
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3 Absalom would then say to him, “Look, your claims are legitimate and appropriate.[a] But there is no representative of the king who will listen to you.” 4 Absalom would then say, “If only they would make me[b] a judge in the land! Then everyone who had a judicial complaint[c] could come to me and I would make sure he receives a just settlement.”

5 When someone approached to bow before him, Absalom[d] would extend his hand and embrace him and kiss him.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 15:3 tn Heb “good and straight.”
  2. 2 Samuel 15:4 tn Heb “Who will make me?”
  3. 2 Samuel 15:4 tn Heb “a complaint and a judgment.” The expression is a hendiadys.
  4. 2 Samuel 15:5 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Absalom) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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