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Now Absalom used to get up early and stand beside the road that led to the city gate. Whenever anyone came by who had a complaint to bring to the king for arbitration, Absalom would call out to him, “What city are you from?” The person would answer, “I, your servant,[a] am from one of the tribes of Israel.”

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  1. 2 Samuel 15:2 tn Heb “your servant.” So also in vv. 8, 15, 21.