2 Samuel 14:23
14:23 So Joab got up and went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem. 1
2 Samuel 14:32
14:32 Absalom said to Joab, “Look, I sent a message to you saying, ‘Come here so that I can send you to the king with this message:
2 “Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.”’ Let me now see the face of the king. If I am at fault, let him put me to death!”
2 Samuel 15:8
15:8 For I made this vow
3 when I was living in Geshur in Aram: ‘If the
Lord really does allow me to return to Jerusalem,
4 I will serve the
Lord.’”
1 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
2 tn Heb “saying.”
3 tn Heb “for your servant vowed a vow.” The formal court style of referring to one’s self in third person (“your servant”) has been translated here as first person for clarity.
4 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.