2 Samuel 15:2-4

Lexham English Bible

² Absalom used to rise early in the morning, and he stood beside^[a] the road at the gate; anyone^[b] who had a legal dispute to bring to the king for judgment Absalom would call to him and say, “Where are you from?”^[c] And he would say, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.” ³ Then Absalom would say to him, “Look, your case is good and right, but for you there is no hearing with the king.” ⁴ Then Absalom would say, “Oh, that someone would^[d] appoint me as judge in the land, that anyone^[e] might come to me who had a legal dispute or a case, and I would give him justice.”