2 Samuel 15:3

3 Absalom would say to him, “See, your claims are good and right, but there is no man designated by the king to hear you. ”

2 Samuel 15:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 15:3

And Absalom said unto him
After some further talk, and finding he had a suit at law to bring on, and either seeing it drawn up in writing, or hearing his account of it, at once declared, without hearing the other party:

see, thy matters [are] good and right;
thy cause is a good cause, and if it could be heard by proper persons there is no doubt but things would go on thy side, and thou wouldest carry thy cause:

but [there is] no man [deputed] of the king to hear thee;
the king is grown old himself and his sons are negligent, and do not attend to business, and there are none besides them appointed to hear causes; and he suggested, as appears by what follows, that he was not in commission, but if he was, or should he appointed a judge, he would attend to business, and people should not go away after this manner, without having justice administered unto them,

2 Samuel 15:3 In-Context

1 After this Absalom got himself a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

2 And Absalom used to rise early and stand beside the way of the gate. And when any man had a dispute to come before the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him and say, “From what city are you? ” And when he said, “Your servant is of such and such a tribe in Israel, ”

3 Absalom would say to him, “See, your claims are good and right, but there is no man designated by the king to hear you. ”

4 Then Absalom would say, “Oh that I were judge in the land! Then every man with a dispute or cause might come to me, and I would give him justice. ”

5 And whenever a man came near to pay homage to him, he would put out his hand and take hold of him and kiss him.