Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
Rose up
Came
Bible References
Rose up
Job 24:14
“The murderer rises at dawn;
He kills the poor and the needy,
And at night he becomes a thief.
“The murderer rises at dawn;
He kills the poor and the needy,
And at night he becomes a thief.
Proverbs 4:16
For the wicked cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And they are deprived of sleep unless they make someone stumble and fall.
For the wicked cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And they are deprived of sleep unless they make someone stumble and fall.
Matthew 27:1
When it was morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) conferred together against Jesus, [plotting how] to put Him to death [since under Roman rule they had no power to execute anyone];
Came
Exodus 18:14
When Moses’ father-in-law saw everything that he was doing for the people, he said, “What is this that you are doing for the people? Why are you sitting alone [as a judge] with all the people standing around you from dawn to dusk?”
1 Kings 3:16
Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.