He got up early every morning and went out to the gate of the city. When people brought a case to the king for judgment, Absalom would ask where in Israel they were from, and they would tell him their tribe.

押沙龙常常早晨起来，站在城门的道旁，凡有争讼要去求王判断的，押沙龙就叫他过来，问他说：“你是哪一城的人？”回答说：“仆人是以色列某支派的人。”

押沙龙常常早晨起来，站在城门的路旁，任何人有争讼要去求王判决，押沙龙就叫他过来，说：“你是哪一城的人？”他说：“仆人是以色列某支派的人。”

押沙龙常常早晨起来，站在城门的路旁，任何人有争讼要去求王判决，押沙龙就叫他过来，说：“你是哪一城的人？”他说：“仆人是以色列某支派的人。”

他常常清早起来，站在城门的通道旁边。每当有人来找王审理争讼时，押沙龙便问他是从哪一座城来的，那人就会报上自己所属的支派。

押沙龙常常清早起来，站在通往城门口的路旁。有争讼的案件要进去请王判决的人，押沙龙就把他叫到跟前来，问他：“你是从哪一座城来的？”他回答：“仆人是从以色列某一支派来的。”

押沙龍常常早晨起來，站在城門的道旁，凡有爭訟要去求王判斷的，押沙龍就叫他過來，問他說：「你是哪一城的人？」回答說：「僕人是以色列某支派的人。」

押沙龍常常早晨起來，站在城門的路旁，任何人有爭訟要去求王判決，押沙龍就叫他過來，說：「你是哪一城的人？」他說：「僕人是以色列某支派的人。」

押沙龍常常早晨起來，站在城門的路旁，任何人有爭訟要去求王判決，押沙龍就叫他過來，說：「你是哪一城的人？」他說：「僕人是以色列某支派的人。」

他常常清早起來，站在城門的通道旁邊。每當有人來找王審理爭訟時，押沙龍便問他是從哪一座城來的，那人就會報上自己所屬的支派。

押沙龍常常清早起來，站在通往城門口的路旁。有爭訟的案件要進去請王判決的人，押沙龍就把他叫到跟前來，問他：“你是從哪一座城來的？”他回答：“僕人是從以色列某一支派來的。”

押沙龍常常清早起來，站在城門路旁；凡有爭訟要去求王判斷的，押沙龍便叫他過來，問他說：『你是屬於哪一城的？』回答說：『僕人是屬於以色列某一族派的。』

押沙龍總是早早起來，站在通往城門口的路旁。凡有爭訟來見王求裁決的人，押沙龍都會叫他過來，問：「你是哪一城的人？」那人回答：「你僕人來自以色列的一個支派。」

夙興、立於邑門途側、見有訟事宜受王鞫者、則呼之曰、爾屬何邑、曰、僕屬以色列某支派、

夙興、立於都門之側、凡有訟事詣王折中者、押沙龍招之曰、汝來自何邑。曰、僕自以色列族支派而至。

押沙龍屢夙興、立於城門之側、凡人有詞訟赴王前求判者、押沙龍招之曰、爾何邑人、曰、僕屬以色列某支派、

He would get up early and stand by the side of the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone came with a complaint to be placed before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out to him,“ What town are you from?” He would answer,“ Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.”

He would get up early. He would stand by the side of the road that led to the city gate. Sometimes a person would come with a case for the king to decide. Then Absalom would call out to him,“ What town are you from?” He would answer,“ I’m from one of the tribes of Israel.”

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,”

He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for settlement, Absalom called out to him and asked,“ What city are you from?” If he replied,“ Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”

And Absalom used to rise early and stand beside the road to the gate; and when any man who had a lawsuit was to come before the king for judgment, Absalom would call out to him and say,“ From what city are you?” And he would say,“ Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.”

Now Absalom would rise early and stand beside the way to the gate. So it was, whenever anyone who had a lawsuit came to the king for a decision, that Absalom would call to him and say,“ What city are you from?” And he would say,“ Your servant is from such and such a tribe of Israel.”

And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that, when any man had a suit which should come 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.

He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for settlement, Absalom called out to him and asked,“ What city are you from?” If he replied,“ Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”

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.

Now Absalom used to get up early and stand beside the road that led to the city gate. Whenever anyone came by who had a complaint to bring to the king for arbitration, Absalom would call out to him,“ What city are you from?” The person would answer,“ I, your servant, am from one of the tribes of Israel.”

Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate. When any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him, and said,“ What city are you from?” He said,“ Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.”

Boaz went to the town gate and took a seat there. Just then the family redeemer he had mentioned came by, so Boaz called out to him,“ Come over here and sit down, friend. I want to talk to you.” So they sat down together.

So the king went out and took his seat at the town gate, and as the news spread throughout the town that he was there, everyone went to him. Meanwhile, the Israelites who had supported Absalom fled to their homes.

These men were always available to solve the people’s common disputes. They brought the major cases to Moses, but they took care of the smaller matters themselves.

Some time later two prostitutes came to the king to have an argument settled.“ Please, my lord,” one of them began,“ this woman and I live in the same house. I gave birth to a baby while she was with me in the house.Three days later this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there were only two of us in the house.“ But her baby died during the night when she rolled over on it.Then she got up in the night and took my son from beside me while I was asleep. She laid her dead child in my arms and took mine to sleep beside her.And in the morning when I tried to nurse my son, he was dead! But when I looked more closely in the morning light, I saw that it wasn’t my son at all.”Then the other woman interrupted,“ It certainly was your son, and the living child is mine.”“ No,” the first woman said,“ the living child is mine, and the dead one is yours.” And so they argued back and forth before the king.Then the king said,“ Let’s get the facts straight. Both of you claim the living child is yours, and each says that the dead one belongs to the other.All right, bring me a sword.” So a sword was brought to the king.Then he said,“ Cut the living child in two, and give half to one woman and half to the other!”Then the woman who was the real mother of the living child, and who loved him very much, cried out,“ Oh no, my lord! Give her the child— please do not kill him!” But the other woman said,“ All right, he will be neither yours nor mine; divide him between us!”Then the king said,“ Do not kill the child, but give him to the woman who wants him to live, for she is his mother!”When all Israel heard the king’s decision, the people were in awe of the king, for they saw the wisdom God had given him for rendering justice.

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

Very early in the morning the leading priests and the elders of the people met again to lay plans for putting Jesus to death.

When Moses’ father in law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he asked,“ What are you really accomplishing here? Why are you trying to do all this alone while everyone stands around you from morning till evening?”

When a dispute arises, they come to me, and I am the one who settles the case between the quarreling parties. I inform the people of God’s decrees and give them his instructions.”

For evil people can’t sleep until they’ve done their evil deed for the day. They can’t rest until they’ve caused someone to stumble.