2 Samuel 14:20-22

Holman Christian Standard Bible

²⁰ Joab your servant has done this to address the issue indirectly,^[a] but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the Angel of God, knowing everything on earth.”

²¹ Then the king said to Joab, “I hereby grant this request. Go, bring back the young man Absalom.”

²² Joab fell with his face to the ground in homage and praised the king. “Today,” Joab said, “your servant knows I have found favor with you, my lord the king, because the king has granted the request of your servant.”