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Passage Lookup: 2 Samuel 14:28-33
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2 Samuel 14:28
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Absalom lived two years in Jerusalem without seeing the king's face.
2 Samuel 14:29
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Then Absalom sent for Joab in order to send him to the king, but Joab refused to come to him. So he sent a second time, but he refused to come.
2 Samuel 14:30
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Then he said to his servants, "Look, Joab's field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire." So Absalom's servants set the field on fire.
2 Samuel 14:31
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Then Joab did go to Absalom's house and he said to him, "Why have your servants set my field on fire?"
2 Samuel 14:32
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Absalom said to Joab, "Look, I sent word to you and said, 'Come here so I can send you to the king to ask, "Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there!" ' Now then, I want to see the king's face, and if I am guilty of anything, let him put me to death."
2 Samuel 14:33
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So Joab went to the king and told him this. Then the king summoned Absalom, and he came in and bowed down with his face to the ground before the king. And the king kissed Absalom.
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