²⁰ Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear,^(A)

²¹ so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, then the Lord shall be my God,^(A)

³⁷ But Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. David mourned for his son day after day.^(A)

³⁸ Absalom, having fled to Geshur, stayed there three years.