2 Samuel 15:3

Translations

Modern

Absalom would say, “Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you.”

Traditional

And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.

Literal

And Absalom would say to him, “Look, your case is good and right, and there is none from the king to hear you.”

Latin

Respondebatque ei Absalom: Videntur mihi sermones tui boni et justi, sed non est qui te audiat constitutus a rege. Dicebatque Absalom:

Original

Hebrew

English

Absalom would say, “Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you.”

Notes

2 Samuel 15:1–19

Absalom revolted against David eleven years after Amnon violated Tamar (compare 2 Samuel 13:23, 38; 14:28; 15:7). This was around the twenty-fifth year of David's thirty-three-year rule in Jerusalem.

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Absalom: David's rebellious son who tried to usurp the throne

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2 Samuel 15:3

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