2 Samuel 15:2-6 And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so… Lady Montague, speaking of gentle manners, remarked: "Civility costs nothing, but buys everything." Said Burleigh to Queen Elizabeth: "Win hearts, and you have the brains and the purses of all." Parallel Verses KJV: And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel. |