2 Samuel 14:31
29 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.
30 Then Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire!” And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
Then Joab came to Absalom’s house and demanded, “Why did your servants set my field on fire?”
32 “Look,” said Absalom, “I sent for you and said, ‘Come here. I want to send you to the king to ask: Why have I come back from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.’ So now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”
33 So Joab went and told the king, and David summoned Absalom, who came to him and bowed facedown before him. Then the king kissed Absalom.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then Joab came to Absalom’s house and demanded, “Why did your servants set my field on fire?”
- KJV
- Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?
- WEB
- Then Joab arose and came to Absalom to his house, and said to him, “Why have your servants set my field on fire?”
- ASV
- Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?
- DARBY
- Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to [his] house, and said to him, Why have thy servants set my allotment on fire?
- BLB
- And Joab arose and came to Absalom’s house, and he said to him, “Why have your servants burned the portion that [is] to me with the fire?”
- ÅB
- Da sto Joab opp og gikk til Absaloms hus, og han sa til ham: Hvorfor har dine tjenere satt ild på det jordstykke som hører meg til?
- OTB
- Da reiste Joab seg og kom til Absalom i hans hus og sa til ham, “Hvorfor har dine tjenere satt min åker i brann?”
- B1930
- Da stod Joab op og gikk til Absaloms hus, og han sa til ham: Hvorfor har dine tjenere satt ild på det jordstykke som hører mig til?