Then Absalom sent a message to Joab, requesting that he send him to the king, but he was not willing to come to him. So he sent a second message, but still he was not willing to come.
Absalom lived in Jerusalem for two full years without coming into the king’s presence.
But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s command delivered by his eunuchs. Therefore, the king grew very angry, and his wrath burned within him.
and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding, but they would not come.