2Sa 15:4 | NETfull | STEP | Absalom would then say, “If only they would make me a judge in the land! Then everyone who had a judicial complaint could come to me and I would make sure he receives a just settlement.”

2 Samuel 15:4

4 Absalom would then say, “If only they would make me ^{▼▼ Heb “Who will make me?”} a judge in the land! Then everyone who had a judicial complaint ^{▼▼ Heb “a complaint and a judgment.” The expression is a hendiadys.} could come to me and I would make sure he receives a just settlement.”