2 Samuel 14:22-24

New International Version - UK

²² Joab fell with his face to the ground to pay him honour, and he blessed the king. Joab said, ‘Today your servant knows that he has found favour in your eyes, my lord the king, because the king has granted his servant’s request.’

²³ Then Joab went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem. ²⁴ But the king said, ‘He must go to his own house; he must not see my face.’ So Absalom went to his own house and did not see the face of the king.