2 Samuel 15:2

Then he would get up early, stand near the passageway to the palace gate, and when anyone arrived to file a legal complaint for a hearing before the king, Absalom would call to him and ask, "You're from what city?" If he replied, "Your servant is from one of Israel's tribes,"

Exodus 18:14

When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, "What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge, with all the people standing around you from morning until evening?"

Exodus 18:16

When they have a dispute, it comes to me and I decide between a person and his neighbor, and make known the statutes of God and his instructions."

Exodus 18:26

They judged the people at all times; the difficult matters they brought to Moses, but every minor matter they judged.

Ruth 4:1

Meanwhile, Boaz approached the city gate and sat down there. Just then, the very same related redeemer whom Boaz had mentioned came by, so Boaz called out to him, "Come over and sit down here, my friend!" So the man came over and sat down.

2 Samuel 19:8

So the king got up and took his seat in the gateway. When the army was informed, "The king is sitting in the gateway!" they all gathered together in his presence.

1 Kings 3:16-28

Right about then, two prostitutes approached the king and requested an audience with him.

Job 24:14

The murderer rises at dawn to kill the poor and needy; at night, he is like a thief.

Proverbs 4:16

For they cannot sleep unless they are doing evil, and they are robbed of their sleep unless they cause someone to stumble.

Matthew 27:1

When morning came, all the high priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put him to death.

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Summary

And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.

Bible References

Rose up

Job 24:14
The murderer rises at dawn to kill the poor and needy; at night, he is like a thief.
Proverbs 4:16
For they cannot sleep unless they are doing evil, and they are robbed of their sleep unless they cause someone to stumble.
Matthew 27:1
When morning came, all the high priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put him to death.

Came

Exodus 18:14
When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, "What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge, with all the people standing around you from morning until evening?"
1 Kings 3:16
Right about then, two prostitutes approached the king and requested an audience with him.

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