²⁰ Then Jacob made a vow,^(A) saying, “If God will be with me and will watch over me^(B) on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear^{(C) 21} so that I return safely^(D) to my father’s household,^(E) then the Lord^[a] will be my God^{(F) 22} and^[b] this stone that I have set up as a pillar^(G) will be God’s house,^(H) and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth.^(I)”

⁷ At the end of four^[a] years, Absalom said to the king, “Let me go to Hebron and fulfill a vow I made to the Lord.

⁸ While your servant was living at Geshur^(A) in Aram, I made this vow:^(B) ‘If the Lord takes me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the Lord in Hebron.^[a]’”