And Absalom fled. And the young man who was watching lifted up his eyes and saw. And, behold! Many people were coming by the highway behind him, by the side of the hill.
And the woman said, And why have you thought in this way about the people of God? Yea, the king is speaking this thing as a guilty one, in that the king has not brought back his outcast.
And Absalom said to Joab, Behold, I sent to you, saying, Come here, and I will send you to the king to say, Why have I come from Geshur? It was good for me to be there still. And now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is guilt in me, then you shall cause me to die.
For your servant has vowed a vow when I lived in Geshur in Syria, saying, If bringing Jehovah shall bring me back to Jerusalem, then I shall serve Jehovah.
And his second was Chileab, of Abigail the former wife of Nabal of Carmel. And the third was Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai the king of Geshur.