³⁸ So Absalom fled and went to ^(A)Geshur, and was there three years.

^8 (A)For your servant ^(B)took a vow ^(C)while I dwelt at Geshur in Syria, saying, ‘If the Lord indeed brings me back to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord.’ ”

³² And Absalom answered Joab, “Look, I sent to you, saying, ‘Come here, so that I may send you to the king, to say, “Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me to be there still.” ’ Now therefore, let me see the king’s face; but ^(A)if there is iniquity in me, let him execute me.”

²³ So Joab arose ^(A)and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.