Absalom's strategy was to flatter each person by pronouncing a favorable verdict in their case, to stir up a sense of grievance and discontent by c…

There is no man deputed of the king. —There is no official hearer appointed. It was impossible for the king to h…

And Absalom said to him After some further talk, and finding he had a suit at law to bring on, and either seeing it drawn…

David allows Absalom's pomp. Those parents do not know what they do, who indulge a proud disposition in their children: many young people are ruine…