Verse 21

Then the king said to Joab,“All right! I will do this thing! Go and bring back the young man Absalom!”

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 14:11 : 11 She replied,“In that case, let the king invoke the name of the LORD your God so that the avenger of blood may not add to the killing! Then they will not destroy my son!” He replied,“As surely as the LORD lives, not a single hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”
• Mark 6:26 : 26 Although it grieved the king deeply, he did not want to reject her request because of his oath and his guests.
• 1 Sam 14:39 : 39 For as surely as the LORD, the deliverer of Israel, lives, even if it turns out to be my own son Jonathan, he will certainly die!” But no one from the army said anything.