2 Samuel 14:23

14:23 So Joab got up and went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem. ¹ 

2 Samuel 14:31-33

14:31 Then Joab got up and came to Absalom’s house. He said to him, “Why did your servants set my portion of field on fire?” 14:32 Absalom said to Joab, “Look, I sent a message to you saying, ‘Come here so that I can send you to the king with this message: ²  “Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.”’ Let me now see the face of the king. If I am at fault, let him put me to death!”

14:33 So Joab went to the king and informed him. The king ³  summoned Absalom, and he came to the king. Absalom ⁴  bowed down before the king with his face toward the ground and the king kissed him. ⁵ 

[14:23]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[14:32]  ² tn Heb “saying.”

[14:33]  ³ tn Heb “he.” Joab, acting on behalf of the king, may be the implied subject.

[14:33]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Absalom) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:33]  ⁵ tn Heb “Absalom.” For stylistic reasons the name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation.