2 Samuel 14:21-24

14:21 Then the king said to Joab, “All right! I ¹  will do this thing! Go and bring back the young man Absalom! 14:22 Then Joab bowed down with his face toward the ground and thanked ²  the king. Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, because the king has granted the request of your ³  servant!”

14:23 So Joab got up and went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem. ⁴  14:24 But the king said, “Let him go over ⁵  to his own house. He may not see my face.” So Absalom went over ⁶  to his own house; he did not see the king’s face.

[14:21]  ¹ tc Many medieval Hebrew mss have “you” rather than “I.”

[14:22]  ² tn Heb “blessed.”

[14:22]  ³ tc The present translation reads with the Qere “your” rather than the MT “his.”

[14:23]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[14:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “turn aside.”

[14:24]  ⁶ tn Heb “turned aside.”