But he made a stand in the middle of that area. He defended it and defeated the Philistines; the Lord gave them a great victory.

Then Joab got up and came to Absalom’s house. He said to him, “Why did your servants set my portion of field on fire?”

So he said to his servants, “Look, Joab has a portion of field adjacent to mine and he has some barley there. Go and set it on fire.” So Absalom’s servants set Joab’s portion of the field on fire.