2 Samuel 14:29

New International Version

Then Absalom sent for Joab in order to send him to the king, but Joab refused to come to him. So he sent a second time, but he refused to come.

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Absalom lived two years in Jerusalem without seeing the king’s face.

But when the attendants delivered the king’s command, Queen Vashti refused to come. Then the king became furious and burned with anger.

He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.