2 Samuel 14:21

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Then the king said to Joab, ‘I hereby grant this request. Go, bring back the young man Absalom.’

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:11

She replied, ‘Please, may the king invoke the Lord your God, so that the avenger of blood will not increase the loss, and they will not eliminate my son! ’ ‘As the Lord lives,’ he vowed, ‘not a hair of your son will fall to the ground.’

Mark 6:26

Although the king was deeply distressed,  because of his oaths  and the guests  he did not want to refuse  her.

1 Samuel 14:39

As surely as the Lord lives who saves Israel, even if it is because of my son Jonathan, he must die! ’ Not one of the troops answered him.

2 Samuel 14:22

Joab fell with his face to the ground in homage and blessed the king. ‘Today,’ Joab said, ‘your servant knows I have found favour with you, my lord the king, because the king has granted the request of your servant.’