Absalom said moreover, “Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!”
It was so, that when any man came near to bow down to him, he stretched out his hand, took hold of him, and kissed him.
Absalom did this sort of thing to all Israel who came to the king for judgment.
So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.