When one of the men saw this, he reported it to Joab saying, “I saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree.

Then Joab said to the Cushite, “Go and tell the king what you have seen.” After bowing to Joab, the Cushite ran off.

(19:2) Joab was told, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.”

When Joab and all the army that was with him arrived, Joab was told: “Abner the son of Ner came to the king; he sent him away, and he left in peace!”