3. Absalom would say to him, “See, your claims are good and right, but there is no one assigned to you by the king to hear you.”
4. Moreover, Absalom would say, “If only I were appointed judge in the land, then every man who has any suit or case would come to me, and I would get him justice!”
5. Also, whenever anyone approached to bow to him, he would stretch his hand, take hold of him, and kiss him.
6. So Absalom kept doing this to everyone of Israel who came to the king for judgment. Thus Absalom stole the hearts of the people of Israel.