And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
There is no man deputed of the king to hear thee х wªshomeea` (H8085) 'eeyn (H369) lªkaa (H3807a) mee'eet (H853) hamelek (H4428)] there is none made (appointed) to hear thee from (by) the king. Studiously concealing his ambitious designs, he expressed a wish to be invested with official power, only that he might accelerate the course of justice, and advance the public interests. His professions had an air of extraordinary generosity and disinterestedness; and, together with his fawning arts in lavishing civilities on all, made him a popular favourite. Thus, by forcing a contrast between his own display of public spirit and the dilatory proceedings of the court, he created a growing disgust with his father's government, as weak, careless, or corrupt, and seduced the affections of the multitude, who neither penetrated the motives nor foresaw the tendency of his conduct х wayªganeeb (H1589) ... 'et (H854) leeb (H3820), he deceived the men of Israel; Septuagint, idiopoieito, appropriated, gained over to himself, the hearts of the men of Israel].