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Absalom would say, “See, your claims are good and right, but there is no one deputed by the king to hear you.” Absalom would also say, “If only I were judge in the land! Then all who had a suit or cause might come to me, and I would give them justice.”(A) Whenever people came near to do obeisance to him, he would put out his hand and take hold of them and kiss them.

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Then Absalom would say to him, “Look, your claims are valid and proper, but there is no representative of the king to hear you.”(A) And Absalom would add, “If only I were appointed judge in the land!(B) Then everyone who has a complaint or case could come to me and I would see that they receive justice.”

Also, whenever anyone approached him to bow down before him, Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him and kiss him.

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