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

³⁷ But Absalom fled and went to ^(A)Talmai the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day. ³⁸ So Absalom fled and went to ^(B)Geshur, and was there three years.

³ his second, ^[a]Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite; the third, ^(A)Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king ^(B)of Geshur;