4. I wish I were the judge. Then everyone could bring their cases to me for judgment, and I would give them justice!”
5. When people tried to bow before him, Absalom wouldn’t let them. Instead, he took them by the hand and kissed them.
6. Absalom did this with everyone who came to the king for judgment, and so he stole the hearts of all the people of Israel.
7. After four years, Absalom said to the king, “Let me go to Hebron to offer a sacrifice to the lord and fulfill a vow I made to him.
8. For while your servant was at Geshur in Aram, I promised to sacrifice to the lord in Hebron if he would bring me back to Jerusalem.”
9. “All right,” the king told him. “Go and fulfill your vow.”So Absalom went to Hebron.