3 Absalom said to him, “Look, your claims are good and right, but the king does not have anyone to listen to you.”
4 He added, “If only someone would appoint me judge in the land. Then anyone who had a grievance or dispute could come to me, and I would make sure he received justice.”
5 When a person approached to bow down to him, Absalom reached out his hand, took hold of him, and kissed him.
6 Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for a settlement. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
7 When four years had passed, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I made to the Lord.
8 For your servant made a vow when I lived in Geshur of Aram, saying: If the Lord really brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the Lord in Hebron.”
9 “Go in peace,” the king said to him. So he went to Hebron.