³¹ then whatever^[a] comes out from the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the Ammonites ^(A)shall be the Lord's, and ^(B)I will offer it^[b] up for a burnt offering.”

⁷ And at the end of four^[a] years Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to the Lord, in Hebron. ⁸ For your servant ^(A)vowed a vow ^(B)while I lived at Geshur in Aram, saying, ‘If the Lord will indeed bring me back to Jerusalem, then I will offer worship to^[b] the Lord.’” ⁹ The king said to him, ^(C)“Go in peace.” So he arose and went to Hebron.