Then Aḇshalom sent for Yo’aḇ, to send him to the sovereign, but he would not come to him. And he sent again the second time, but he would not come.
And Aḇshalom dwelt in Yerushalayim, two years, and he had not seen the sovereign’s face.
But Sovereigness Vashti refused to come at the sovereign’s command brought by his eunuchs. And the sovereign was very wroth, and his rage burned within him.
and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast. But they would not come.