The Marriage of Ruth

4 Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there, and behold, ^(A)the ^[a]close relative of whom Boaz spoke was passing by, so he said, “Turn aside, ^[b]friend, sit down here.” And he turned aside and sat down.

² Absalom used to rise early and ^(A)stand beside the way to the gate; and when any man had a suit to come to the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him and say, “From what city are you?” And he would say, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.”