American King James Version
"Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come. "
— 2 Samuel 14:29, American King James Version
“Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.”
“Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him: and he sent again a second time, but he would not come. ”
“Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him: and he sent again a second time, but he would not come.”
“Then Absalom sent a message to Joab asking him to send him to the king, but Joab was not willing to come to him. So he sent a second message to him, but he still was not willing to come.”
“He sent therefore to Joab, to send him to the king: but he would not come to him. And when he had sent the second time, and he would not come to him,”
“Then Absalom sent for Joab to send him to the king, but he would not come to him: and he sent again a second time, but he would not come.”
“Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.”
And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year’s end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king’s weight.
And to Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance. ¶
So Absalom dwelled two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king’s face.
Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.
Therefore he said to his servants, See, Joab’s field is near mine, and he has barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said to him, Why have your servants set my field on fire?
And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent to you, saying, Come here, that I may send you to the king, to say, Why am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king’s face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.