2Sa 15:2, Psa 73:14, Jer 21:12 | 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 ,

b[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,”

Psalms 73:14

14 For all the day long I have been ^bstricken
and ^crebuked ^devery morning.

Jeremiah 21:12

12 O house of David! Thus says the Lord:

^e“‘Execute justice ^fin the morning,
and deliver from the hand of the oppressor
him who has been robbed,
^glest my wrath go forth like fire,
and burn with none to quench it,
because of your evil deeds.’”