29Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him: and he sent again a second time, but he would not come.


In Context

26 When he cut the hair of his head (now it was at every year's end that he cut it; because it was heavy on him, therefore he cut it); he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king's weight.

27 To Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a beautiful face.

28 Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem; and he didn't see the king's face.

29 Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him: and he sent again a second time, but he would not come.

30 Therefore he said to his servants, |Behold, Joab's field is near mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire.| Absalom's servants set the field on fire.

31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said to him, |Why have your servants set my field on fire?|

2 Samuel 14:29 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:29Then 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.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:29Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:29He 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,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:29Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him: and he sent again a second time, but he would not come.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:29Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him; and he sent again the second time, but he would not come.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:29Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him: and he sent again a second time, but he would not come.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:29Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, that he might send him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:29and Absalom sendeth unto Joab, to send him unto the king, and he hath not been willing to come unto him; and he sendeth again a second time, and he hath not been willing to come.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:29Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.