2 Samuel 14:29

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Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but Joab would not come to him. And he sent a second time, but Joab would not come.

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So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, without coming into the king's presence.

But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's command conveyed by the eunuchs. At this the king was enraged, and his anger burned within him.

and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast; but they would not come.