'Matters' in the Bible

Then Joab sent and told David all the matters of the war;

and charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast ended telling the matters of the war to the king,

And Absalom said to him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man to hear thee appointed by the king.

And the king said to him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.