³⁸ He stayed there in Geshur for three years.

⁸ For while your servant was at Geshur in Aram, I promised to sacrifice to the Lord in Hebron^[a] if he would bring me back to Jerusalem.”

³² And Absalom replied, “Because I wanted you to ask the king why he brought me back from Geshur if he didn’t intend to see me. I might as well have stayed there. Let me see the king; if he finds me guilty of anything, then let him kill me.”

²³ Then Joab went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.