What does 2 Samuel 15:3 mean?
ESV: Absalom would say to him, "See, your claims are good and right, but there is no man designated by the king to hear you."
NIV: Then Absalom would say to him, "Look, your claims are valid and proper, but there is no representative of the king to hear you."
NASB: Then Absalom would say to him, 'See, your claims are good and right, but you have no one to listen to you on the part of the king.'
CSB: Absalom said to him, "Look, your claims are good and right, but the king does not have anyone to listen to you."
NLT: Then Absalom would say, 'You’ve really got a strong case here! It’s too bad the king doesn’t have anyone to hear it.
KJV: And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
NKJV: Then Absalom would say to him, “Look, your case is good and right; but there is no deputy of the king to hear you.”
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Second Samuel continues the story of David, who will become king over Judah. The other tribes of Israel are resistant, eventually sparking a civil war. David wins and makes Jerusalem his capital. Early success is followed by moral failure and controversy in David's house. The book of 1 Kings will begin by detailing David's decline and death.
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