2 Samuel 14:30-32

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

³⁰ Then Absalom said to his servants, ‘See, Joab has a field right next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set fire to it! ’ So Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.^[a]

³¹ Then Joab came to Absalom’s house and demanded, ‘Why did your servants set my field on fire? ’

³² ‘Look,’ Absalom explained to Joab, ‘I sent for you and said, “Come here. I want to send you to the king to ask: Why have I come back from Geshur? I’d be better off if I were still there.” So now, let me see the king. If I am guilty, let him kill me.’