Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.
So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.
But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.