2SA 15:2

2 And Avshalom rose up early, and stood beside the derech hasha'ar; and it was so, that when any ish that had a riv [(lawsuit, complaint)] came to HaMelech for mishpat, then Avshalom called unto him, and said, Of what town art thou? And he said, Thy eved is of one of the Shivtei Yisroel.