13:34. But Absalom fled away: and the young man that kept the watch, lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold there came much people by a by-way on the side of the mountain.
13:35. And Jonadab said to the king: Behold the king's sons are come: as thy servant said, so it is.
13:36. And when he made an end of speaking, the king's sons also appeared: and coming in they lifted up their voice, and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very much.
13:37. But Absalom fled, and went to Tholomai the son of Ammiud the king of Gessur. And David mourned for his son every day.
13:38. And Absalom after he was fled, and come into Gessur, was there three years. And king David ceased to pursue after Absalom, because he was comforted concerning the death of Ammon.
2 Kings Chapter 14
Joab procureth Absalom's return, and his admittance to the king's presence.
14:1. And Joab the son of Sarvia, understanding that the king's heart was turned to Absalom,
14:2. Sent to Thecua, and fetched from thence a wise woman: and said to her: Feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, and be not anointed with oil, that thou mayest be as a woman that had a long time been mourning for one dead.
14:3. And thou shalt go in to the king, and shalt speak to him in this manner. And Joab put the words in her mouth.