Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.
And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
But queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his eunuchs: therefore was the king very angry, and his anger burned within him.
So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king’s face.