2 Samuel 14:20-22

Common English Bible

²⁰ Your servant Joab did this to change the way things look.^[a] But my master’s wisdom is like the wisdom of one of God’s own messengers—he knows everything that takes place in the land.”

²¹ So the king said to Joab, “All right then. I will do it. Go and bring back my boy Absalom.”

²² Joab fell facedown, bowing low out of respect, and he blessed the king.

“Today your servant knows that you think well of me, my master and king,” Joab said, “because the king has followed up on his servant’s recommendation.”