2 Samuel 14:30-32

International Children’s Bible

³⁰ Then Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine. He has barley growing there. Go burn it.” So Absalom’s servants set fire to Joab’s field.

³¹ Then Joab went to Absalom’s house. Joab said to him, “Why did your servants burn my field?”

³² Absalom said to Joab, “I sent a message to you, asking you to come here. I wanted to send you to the king. I wanted you to ask him why he brought me home from Geshur. It would have been better for me to stay there! Now let me see the king. If I have sinned, he can kill me!”