2 Samuel 14:29 - Easy To Read Version

Absalom sent {messengers} to Joab. {These messengers asked Joab to} send Absalom to the king. But Joab would not come to Absalom. Absalom sent {a message} a second time. But Joab still refused to come.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So Absalom sent for Joab to send him to the king, but he would not come to him; even when he sent again the second time, he would not come.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Absalom called for Joab in order to send Joab to the king, but Joab refused to come. Absalom called for Joab a second time, but he still wouldn’t come.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And so, he sent to Joab, so that he might send him to the king. But he refused to come to him. And when he had sent a second time, and he had refused to come to him,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

He sent therefore to Joab, to send him to the king: but he would not come to him. And when he had sent the second time, and he would not come to him,

2 Samuel 14:29 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 14:28

Absalom lived in Jerusalem for two full years without being allowed to visit King David.

Esther 1:12

But when those servants told Queen Vashti about the king’s command, she refused to come. Then the king became very angry.

Matthew 22:3

The king invited some people to the feast. When the feast was ready, the king sent his servants to tell those people to come. But the people refused to come to the king’s feast.