Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Samuel 14:32

32 And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? It had been good for me to have been there still : now therefore let me see the kings face: and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me .

Rather than here, because my estrangement from him now when I am so near to him, is both more grievous and more shameful to me. But the truth of the business was this, Absalom saw that his Father had accomplished his design in bringing him thither, having satisfied both his own Natural affection, and his peoples desire of Absalom's return from banishment; but that he could not without restitution into the Kings presence and favour compass his design, i. e. confirm and improve that interest which he saw he had in the peoples hearts.

For it is better for me to die, than to want the sight and favour of my dear Father. Thus he insinuates himself into his Fathers affections, by pretending such Respect and Love to him. It seems that by this time Absalom having so far recovered his Fathers favour, as to be recalled, he began to grow upon him, and take so much confidence as to stand upon his own justification, as if what he had done, had been no iniquity, at least not such as to deserve death. For so much this speech intimates.