2 Samuel 14:29

A Conservative Version

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.

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And he sent forth his bondmen to call those who were invited to the wedding festivities, and they did not want to come.

But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by the chamberlains. Therefore the king was very angry, and his fury burned in him.

And Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and he did not see the king's face.