1. After this, Absalom got a chariot and horses for himself and fifty men to run before him.
2. Absalom would get up early and stand near the city gate. Anyone who had a problem for the king to settle would come here. When someone came, Absalom would call out and say, “What city are you from?”The person would answer, “I’m from one of the tribes of Israel.”
3. Then Absalom would say, “Look, your claims are right, but the king has no one to listen to you.”
4. Absalom would also say, “I wish someone would make me judge in this land! Then people with problems could come to me, and I could help them get justice.”