At bumangong maaga si Absalom, at tumayo sa tabi ng daan sa pintuang-bayan; at nangyari, na pagka ang sinomang tao ay mayroong usap na ilalapit sa hari upang hatulan, na tinatawag nga ni Absalom, at sinabi, Taga saang bayan ka? At kaniyang sinabi, Ang iyong lingkod ay isa sa mga lipi ng Israel.
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.