Absalom did this sort of thing to all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
2 Samuel 15:6 in context
2 Samuel 15:3–9
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Absalom said to him, “Behold, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputized by the king to hear you.”
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Absalom said moreover, “Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!”
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It was so, that when any man came near to bow down to him, he stretched out his hand, took hold of him, and kissed him.
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Absalom did this sort of thing to all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
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At the end of forty years, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to the LORD, in Hebron.
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For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, ‘If the LORD shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.’”
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The king said to him, “Go in peace.”
So he arose and went to Hebron.
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