20. Your servant Joab did this to change the present situation. My lord has wisdom like that of an angel of God—he knows everything that happens in the land.”
21. The king said to Joab, “Very well, I will do it. Go, bring back the young man Absalom.”
22. Joab fell with his face to the ground to pay him honor, and he blessed the king. Joab said, “Today your servant knows that he has found favor in your eyes, my lord the king, because the king has granted his servant’s request.”
23. Then Joab went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.