2 Samuel 14:29

29 Then Absalom sent for Joab. He wanted to send him to the king. But Joab refused to come to Absalom. So Absalom sent for him a second time. But Joab still refused to come.

2 Samuel 14:29 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 14:29

Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king,
&c.] To introduce him into his presence, being uneasy to be thus confined at his own house, and not suffered to come to court:

but he would not come to him;
knowing the king's mind, and being unwilling to disoblige him by a troublesome solicitation:

and when he sent again the second time, he would not come;
knowing his business with him; and perhaps between the first time of his sending and this he had sounded the king about it, and found it was not agreeable to him to admit him to access to him as yet.

2 Samuel 14:29 In-Context

27 Three sons and a daughter were born to Absalom. The daughter's name was Tamar. She became a beautiful woman.

28 Absalom lived in Jerusalem for two years without going to see the king.

29 Then Absalom sent for Joab. He wanted to send him to the king. But Joab refused to come to Absalom. So Absalom sent for him a second time. But Joab still refused to come.

30 Then Absalom said to his servants, "Joab's field is next to mine. He has barley growing there. Go and set it on fire." So Absalom's servants set the field on fire.

31 Joab finally went to Absalom's house. He said to Absalom, "Why did your servants set my field on fire?"