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.
2 Samuel 14:30 - Easy To Read Version Then Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to my field. He has barley growing in that field. Go burn the barley.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore Absalom said to his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he has barley there; go and set it on fire. So Absalom's servants set the field afire. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab’s field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire. Common English Bible So Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s property is next to mine. He has barley there. Go and set it on fire.” So Absalom’s servants set the property on fire. Then Joab’s servants went to Joab with their clothes torn. “Absalom’s servants set the property on fire,” they said. Catholic Public Domain Version he said to his servants: "You know that the field of Joab, the one that is near my field, has a harvest of barley. Therefore, go and set it on fire." And so, the servants of Absalom set fire to the grain field. And the servants of Joab, arriving with their garments torn, said, "The servants of Absalom have set fire to part of the field!" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He said to his servants: You know the field of Joab near my field, that hath a crop of barley. Go now and set it on fire. So the servants of Absalom set the corn on fire. And Joab's servants coming with their garments rent said: The servants of Absalom have set part of the field on fire. |
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.
Joab got up and came to Absalom’s house. Joab said to Absalom, “Why did your servants burn my field?”
But Samson said to him, “Now I have a good reason to hurt you Philistine people. No one will blame me now.”