2 Samuel 14:29

English Standard Version 2016

Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king, but Joab would not come to him. And he sent a second time, but Joab would not come.

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and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come.

But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s command delivered by the eunuchs. At this the king became enraged, and his anger burned within him.

So Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem, without coming into the king’s presence.