2 Samuel 15:4

15:4 Absalom would then say, “If only they would make me ¹  a judge in the land! Then everyone who had a judicial complaint ²  could come to me and I would make sure he receives a just settlement.”

2 Samuel 18:19

David Learns of Absalom’s Death

18:19 Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, “Let me run and give the king the good news that the Lord has vindicated him before his enemies.” ³ 

2 Samuel 18:31

18:31 Then the Cushite arrived and said, ⁴  “May my lord the king now receive the good news! The Lord has vindicated you today and delivered you from the hand of all who have rebelled against you!” ⁵ 

[15:4]  ¹ tn Heb “Who will make me?”

[15:4]  ² tn Heb “a complaint and a judgment.” The expression is a hendiadys.

[18:19]  ³ tn Heb “that the Lord has vindicated him from the hand of his enemies.”

[18:31]  ⁵ tn Heb “And look, the Cushite came and the Cushite said.”

[18:31]  ⁶ tn Heb “for the Lord has vindicated you today from the hand of all those rising against you.”