2 Samuel 15:4
15:4 Absalom would then say, “If only they would make me 1 a judge in the land! Then everyone who had a judicial complaint 2 could come to me and I would make sure he receives a just settlement.”
2 Samuel 14:32
14:32 Absalom said to Joab, “Look, I sent a message to you saying, ‘Come here so that I can send you to the king with this message: 3 “Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.”’ Let me now see the face of the king. If I am at fault, let him put me to death!”
1 tn Heb “Who will make me?”
2 tn Heb “a complaint and a judgment.” The expression is a hendiadys.
3 tn Heb “saying.”