As soon as he had finished speaking, behold, the sons of the king came, lifted their voices, and wept. The king and all of his servants also wept loudly.
The woman said, “Why have you planned like this against the people of God? The king’s speaking this word is like a self-conviction, for the king has not brought back his own banished one.
Absalom said to Joab, “Behold, I sent a message to you, saying: Come, so that I may send you to the king, asking, ‘Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me to be there still.’ Now, let me go before the king, and if there is still guilt with me, may he put me to death.”
For your servant made a vow when I was dwelling in Geshur in Aram, saying: If indeed the Lord will bring me back to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord.”
and his second, Kileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal, the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai, the king of Geshur;