1 And it came to be after this that Aḇshalom prepared a chariot and horses for himself, and fifty men to run before him.
2 And Aḇshalom used to rise early and stand beside the way to the gate. And it came to be, whenever anyone who had a complaint came to the sovereign for a right-ruling, that Aḇshalom would call to him and say, “What city are you from?” And when he said, “Your servant is from such and such a tribe of Yisra’ĕl,”
3 Aḇshalom would say to him, “Look, your matters are good and right, but you have nobody from the sovereign to hear you.”
4 And Aḇshalom would say, “Oh, that I were made judge in the land, and everyone who has any complaint or case would come to me, and I shall let right be done to him.”
5 And it came to be, whenever anyone came near him to bow down to him, that he would put out his hand and take him and kiss him.