So Absalom sent for Joab in order to send him to the king, but Joab refused to come. Absalom sent for him a second time, but he still refused to come.
Absalom stayed in Jerusalem two full years without seeing the king.
But Queen Vashti refused the king’s command that the eunuchs delivered to her. As a result, the king became very angry, and his rage burned inside him.
He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the wedding, but they refused to come.