2 Samuel 14:28-30
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Absalom Is Pardoned. 28 Absalom lived in Jerusalem for two years without appearing before the king. 29 Then he sent a message asking Joab to send him to the king, but Joab would not come to him. Although he asked him a second time, Joab would not come. 30 He therefore instructed his servants: “You see Joab’s field that borders mine, where he has barley. Go, set it on fire.” And so Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.(A) Joab’s farmhands came to him with torn garments and told him, “Absalom’s servants set your field on fire.”
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