CLV(i)
24 and the king said, `Let him turn round unto his house, and my face he does not see.' And Absalom turns round unto his house, and the face of the king he has not seen.
25 And like Absalom there was no man [so] fair in all Israel, to praise greatly; from the sole of his foot even unto his crown there was no blemish in him;"
26 and in his polling his head--and it has been at the end of year by year that he polls [it], for it [is] heavy on him, and he has polled it--he has even weighed out the hair of his head--two hundred shekels by the king's weight.
27 And there are born to Absalom three sons, and one daughter, and her name [is] Tamar; she was a woman of a fair appearance.
28 And Absalom dwells in Jerusalem two years of days, and the face of the king he has not seen;"
29 and Absalom sends unto Joab, to send him unto the king, and he has not been willing to come unto him; and he sends again a second time, and he has not been willing to come.
30 And he said unto his servants, `See, the portion of Joab [is] by the side of mine, and he has barley there; go, and burn it with fire;' and the servants of Absalom burn the portion with fire.
31 And Joab rises and comes unto Absalom in the house, and said unto him, `Why have your servants burned the portion that I have with fire?.
32 And Absalom said unto Joab, `Lo, I sent unto you, saying, Come hither, and I send you unto the king to say, Why have I come in from Geshur? --good for me while I [am] there--and now, let me see the king's face, and if there is in me iniquity then you have put me to death..
33 And Joab comes unto the king, and declares [it] to him, and he calls unto Absalom, and he comes unto the king, and bows himself to him, on his face, to the earth, before the king, and the king gives a kiss to Absalom.