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He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate; and whenever a man with some lawsuit had to come before the king's tribunal, Absalom would call out to him and ask, 'Which town are you from?' If he answered, 'Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.' (2 Samuel 15, 2)
then Absalom would say, 'Look, your case is sound and just, but not one of the king's deputies will listen to you.' (2 Samuel 15, 3)
Absalom would say, 'Oh, who will appoint me judge in the land? Then anyone with a lawsuit or a plea could come to me and I should see he had justice!' (2 Samuel 15, 4)
Absalom acted like this with every Israelite who appealed to the king's tribunal, and so Absalom won the Israelites' hearts. (2 Samuel 15, 6)
When four years had gone by, Absalom said to the king, 'Allow me to go to Hebron and fulfil the vow which I have made to Yahweh; (2 Samuel 15, 7)
Absalom sent couriers throughout the tribes of Israel to say, 'When you hear the trumpet sound, you are to say, "Absalom is king at Hebron!" ' (2 Samuel 15, 10)
With Absalom went two hundred men from Jerusalem; they had been invited and had gone in all innocence, unaware of what was going on. (2 Samuel 15, 11)
Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from Giloh his town, and had him with him while offering the sacrifices. The conspiracy grew in strength, since Absalom's supporters grew in number. (2 Samuel 15, 12)
A messenger came and told David, 'The men of Israel have shifted their allegiance to Absalom.' (2 Samuel 15, 13)
David said to all his retinue then with him in Jerusalem, 'Up, let us flee, or we shall not escape from Absalom! Leave as quickly as you can, in case he mounts a sudden attack, overcomes us and puts the city to the sword.' (2 Samuel 15, 14)
David was then informed that Ahithophel was among the conspirators with Absalom. David said, 'I beg you, Yahweh, turn Ahithophel's advice to folly.' (2 Samuel 15, 31)
But if you go back to the city and say to Absalom, "I am at your service, my lord king; once I was in your father's service, but now I shall serve you," you will be able to thwart Ahithophel's advice for me. (2 Samuel 15, 34)