押沙龙回答约押说:「我打发人去请你来,好托你去见王,替我说:『我为何从基述回来呢?不如仍在那里。』现在要许我见王的面;我若有罪,任凭王杀我就是了。」
And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.