Translations
Absalom sent word to Joab to arrange access to the king, but Joab refused to come to him. He sent a second time, and Joab still refused to come.
Avshalom sent for Yo'av to send him to the king, but he would not come to him. He sent a second time, and still he would not come.
Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.
Then he sent for Joab to send him to the king, but Joab refused to come to him. So Absalom sent a second time, but Joab still would not come.

