Then the king said to Joab, “Behold now, I grant this; go, bring back the young man Absalom.”
Observe here, I. Orders given for the bringing back of Absalom. The errand on which the woman came to David was so agreeable, and her management of it so very ingenious and surprising, that he was brought into a peculiarly kind humour: Go (says he to Joab), bring the young man Absalom again, Sa2 14:21.
Commenting on 2 Samuel 14:21-27
And the king said unto Joab,.... Who was present, or but at a little distance, waiting the issue of this affair: behold now I have done this thing; have agreed to recall Absalom, at the suit of this woman, which thou hast put her upon; or, according to the textual reading, "thou hast done this thing" (r); contrived this scheme, to let me know the...
And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again. (n) I have granted your request.