2Sa 15:2, 4, 16:7-8 | ESV | STEP | And Absalom used to rise early and stand beside the way of the gate . And when any man had a dispute to come before the king for judgment , Absalom would call to him and say , From what city are you? And when he said , Your servant is of such and such a tribe in Israel ,

c[See ver. 5 above]

2 Samuel 15:2

2 And Absalom used to rise early and stand beside ^athe way of the gate. And when any man had a dispute to come before the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him and say, “From what city are you?” And when he said, “Your servant is of such and such a tribe in Israel,”

2 Samuel 15:4

4 Then Absalom would say, ^b“Oh that I were judge in the land! Then every man with a dispute or cause might come to me, and I would give him justice.”

2 Samuel 16:7-8

7 And Shimei said as he ^ccursed, “Get out, get out, you man of blood, you worthless man! 8 The Lord ^dhas avenged on you all ^ethe blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, your evil is on you, for you are a man of blood.”