So they sat down and the two of them ate and drank together. Then the girl’s father said to the man, ‘Please agree to stay overnight and enjoy yourself.’
He got up early in the morning of the fifth day to leave, but the girl’s father said to him, ‘Please keep up your strength.’ So they waited until late afternoon and the two of them ate.
The king replied to Absalom, ‘No, my son, we should not all go, or we would be a burden to you.’ Although Absalom urged him, he wasn’t willing to go, though he did bless him.