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.

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.

Οθεν απεστειλεν ο Αβεσσαλωμ προς τον Ιωαβ, δια να πεμψη αυτον προς τον βασιλεα· πλην δεν ηθελησε να ελθη προς αυτον· απεστειλε παλιν εκ δευτερου, αλλα δεν ηθελησε να ελθη.

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.