2 Samuel 14:32
“Look here,” said Absalom, “I sent for you, saying, ‘Come here. I want you to go to the king and ask: Why did I bother coming back from Geshur? It would have been better for me to stay there.’ So go and arrange for me to see the king, and if I'm guilty of anything, he can kill me.”
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31Joab went to Absalom's house and asked “Why did your servants set my field on fire?”
Cross References
Genesis 3:12“It was the woman you gave me who gave me the fruit from the tree, and I ate it,” Adam replied.
Exodus 16:3“The Lord should've killed us back in Egypt!” the Israelites told them. “At least there we could sit down beside stewpots of meat and eat bread until we were full. But you had to bring all of us out here in the desert to starve us all to death!”
1 Samuel 15:13When Samuel caught up with him, Saul said, “The Lord bless you! I have done what the Lord ordered.”
Psalms 36:2In their own eyes they're so wonderful that they can't even see their sin and do something about it.
Jeremiah 2:22Even bleach and plenty of soap can't get rid of your guilty stains. I still see them, declares the Lord God.
Matthew 25:44Then they will also answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn't look after you?’
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 14:29-33
Absalom's Return. ( b. c. 1029.) 28 So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face. 29 Therefore 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. 30 Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire. 31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore… Read the whole commentary →