2 Samuel 14:31

New American Bible - revised edition

Joab went to Absalom in his house and asked him, “Why have your servants set my field on fire?”

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:30

He therefore instructed his servants: “You see Joab’s field that borders mine, where he has barley. Go, set it on fire.” And so Absalom’s servants set the field on fire. Joab’s farmhands came to him with torn garments and told him, “Absalom’s servants set your field on fire.”

2 Samuel 14:32

Absalom answered Joab: “I sent you a message: Come here, that I may send you to the king to say: ‘Why did I come back from Geshur? I would be better off if I were still there!’ Now, let me appear before the king. If I am guilty, let him put me to death.”