2 Samuel 14:28-33
1599 Geneva Bible
28 ¶ So Absalom dwelt the space of two years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king’s face.
29 Therefore Absalom sent for Joab to send him to the King, but he would not come to him: and when he sent again, he would not come.
30 Therefore he said unto his servants, Behold, Joab hath a [a]field by my place, and hath barley therein: go, and set it [b]on fire: and Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants burnt my field with fire?
32 And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent for thee, saying, Come thou hither, and I will send thee to the king for to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? It had been better for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king’s face: and [c]if there be any trespass in me, let him kill me.
33 Then Joab came to the king, and told him: and he called for Absalom, who came to the king, and bowed himself to the ground on his face before the king, and the king kissed Absalom.
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- 2 Samuel 14:30 Or, possession.
- 2 Samuel 14:30 The wicked are impatient in their affections, and spare no unlawful means to compass them.
- 2 Samuel 14:32 If I have offended by revenging my sister’s dishonor: thus the wicked justify themselves in their evil.
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