Absalom answered Joab, &#8220;Behold, I sent word to you, &#8216;Come here, that I may send you to the king, to ask, &#8220;Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me to be there still.&#8221; Now therefore let me go into the presence of the king, and if there is guilt in me, let him put me to death.&#8217;&#8221;