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
Genesis 34:20
So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city:

Ruth 4:1
Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, "Come over here, my friend, and sit down." So he went over and sat down.

2 Samuel 19:8
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 all came before the king. Meanwhile, the Israelites had fled, each man to his home.


Treasury of Scripture
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 to him, and said, Of what city are you? And he said, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.

rose up



Job 24:14
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.



Proverbs 4:16
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.



Matthew 27:1
When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

came [heb] to come



Exodus 18:14,16,16
And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even? …



1 Kings 3:16-28
Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him…


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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