Sāmǔĕrjìxià 15:2

2 Yē Shālóng chángcháng zǎochen qǐlai , zhàn zaì chéng mén de dào páng , fán yǒu zhēng sòng yào qù qiú wáng pànduàn de , Yēshālóng jiù jiào tā guō lái , wèn tā shuō , nǐ shì nǎ yī chéng de rén . huídá shuō , púrén shì Yǐsèliè mǒu zhīpaì de rén .

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 15:2 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 15:2

And Absalom rose up early
Every morning, to show how diligent and industrious he should be, and closely apply himself to business, was he in any office trader the king, and especially when he should be king himself; this he did to ingratiate himself into the affections of the people:

and stood beside the way of the gate;
either of the king's palace, so Josephus ^F4, or of the city, where courts of judicature are held: the former seems most probable by what follows:

and it was [so], that when any man that had a controversy came to the
king for judgment;
that had a controversy with another man on any account, and came to the king to have it decided according to law, or the rules of justice and equity:

then Absalom called unto him, and said, of what city [art] thou?
which question he asked, only to lead on to some further discourse:

and he said, thy servant [is] of one of the tribes;
that is, of one of the cities of the tribes of Israel, and not of a city of another nation.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 Antiqu. l. 7. c. 9. sect. 1.

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 15:2 In-Context

1 Cǐ hòu , Yēshālóng wèi zìjǐ yùbeì chē mǎ , yòu paì wǔ shí rén zaì tā qiántou bēnzǒu .

2 Yē Shālóng chángcháng zǎochen qǐlai , zhàn zaì chéng mén de dào páng , fán yǒu zhēng sòng yào qù qiú wáng pànduàn de , Yēshālóng jiù jiào tā guō lái , wèn tā shuō , nǐ shì nǎ yī chéng de rén . huídá shuō , púrén shì Yǐsèliè mǒu zhīpaì de rén .

3 Yē Shālóng duì tā shuō , nǐde shì yǒu qíng yǒu lǐ , wúnaì wáng méiyǒu wēi rén tīng nǐ shēn sù .

4 Yē Shālóng yòu shuō , hènbude wǒ zuò guó zhōng de shì shī . fán yǒu zhēng sòng qiú shĕnpàn de dào wǒ zhèlǐ lái , wǒ bì bǐng gōng pànduàn .

5 Ruò yǒu rén jìn qián lái yào baì Yēshālóng , Yēshālóng jiù shēnshǒu là zhù tā , yǔ tā qīnzuǐ.