2 Samuel 14:29 - Tree of Life Version

²⁹ Then Absalom sent for Joab, in order to send him to the king, but he was unwilling to come to him. So he sent word again a second time, but he still would not come.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ So Absalom sent for Joab to send him to the king, but he would not come to him; even when he sent again the second time, he would not come.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

²⁹ Absalom called for Joab in order to send Joab to the king, but Joab refused to come. Absalom called for Joab a second time, but he still wouldn’t come.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ And so, he sent to Joab, so that he might send him to the king. But he refused to come to him. And when he had sent a second time, and he had refused to come to him,

2 Samuel 14:29 Cross References

2 Samuel 14:28

Now Absalom had lived two full years in Jerusalem but he never saw the king’s face.

Esther 1:12

But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s command conveyed by the eunuchs. Then the king became furious, and burned with anger.

Matthew 22:3

He sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they wouldn’t come.