Set it on fire. — Absalom’s stratagem for obtaining an interview with Joab was perfectly successful, but would only have been resorted to by a lawless and unscrupulous character.
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2 Samuel 14:30
30 Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is neare mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire.