Then Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire!” And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
Three years Absalom had been an exile from his father-in-law, and now two years a prisoner at large in his own house, and, in both, better dealt with than he deserved; yet his spirit was still unhumbled, his pride unmortified, and, instead of being thankful that his life is spared, he thinks himself sorely wronged that he is not restored to all his places at court.
Commenting on 2 Samuel 14:28-33
Therefore he said unto his servants,.... That did his business for him in the field, in keeping his flocks, and tilling his ground: see Joab's field is near mine: for great personages in those days attended to husbandry: and he hath barley there, go and set it on fire; it being ripe, and so capable of being fired, and therefore must be some time in...
Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire. (q) The wicked are impatient in their affections, and spare no unlawful means to accomplish them.