2Sa 14:32 | ESV | STEP | Absalom answered Joab , Behold , I sent word to you, Come here , that I may send you to the king , to ask , Why have I come from Geshur ? It would be better for me to be there still . Now therefore let me go into the presence of the king , and if there is guilt in me, let him put me to death .

a[See ver. 23 above]

2 Samuel 14:32

32 Absalom answered Joab, “Behold, I sent word to you, ‘Come here, that I may send you to the king, to ask, “Why have I come from ^aGeshur? It would be better for me to be there still.” Now therefore let me go into the presence of the king, ^band if there is guilt in me, let him put me to death.’”