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2 Samuel - ch 14 v 21 - 33
- And the king said to Joab: Behold I am appeased and have granted thy request: Go therefore and fetch back the boy Absalom.
- And Joab falling down to the ground upon his face, adored, and blessed the king: and Joab said: This day thy servant hath understood, that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king: for thou hast fulfilled the request of thy servant.
- Then Joab arose and went to Gessur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
- But the king said: Let him return into his house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned into his house, and saw not the king's face.
- But in all Israel there was not a man so comely, and so exceedingly beautiful as Absalom: from the sole of the foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
- And when he polled his hair (now he was polled once a year, because his hair was burdensome to him) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred sicles, according to the common weight.
- And there were born to Absalom three sons: and one daughter, whose, name was Thamar, and she was very beautiful.
- And Absalom dwelt two years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.
- He sent therefore to Joab, to send him to the king: but he would not come to him. And when he had sent the second time, and he would not come to him,
- He said to his servants: You know the field of Joab near my field, that hath a crop of barley: go now and set it on fire. So the servants of Absalom set the corn on fire. And Joab's servants coming with their garments rent, said: The servants of Absalom have set part of the field on fire.
- Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said: Why have thy servants set my corn on fire?
- And Absalom answered Joab: I sent to thee beseeching thee to come to me, that I might send thee to the king, to say to him: Wherefore am I come from Gessur? it had been better for me to be there: I beseech thee therefore that I may see the face of the king: and if he be mindful of my iniquity, let him kill me.
- So Joab going in to the king, told him all: and Absalom was called for, and he went in to the king: and prostrated himself on the ground before him: and the king kissed Absalom.
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