2 Samuel 14:30-32

Living Bible

³⁰ So Absalom said to his servants, “Go and set fire to that barley field of Joab’s next to mine,” and they did.

³¹ Then Joab came to Absalom and demanded, “Why did your servants set my field on fire?”

³² And Absalom replied, “Because I wanted you to ask the king why he brought me back from Geshur if he didn’t intend to see me. I might as well have stayed there. Let me have an interview with the king; then if he finds that I am guilty of murder, let him execute me.”