KJV King James Version
So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.
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2 Samuel 14:33
So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Joab went and told the king, and David summoned Absalom, who came to him and bowed facedown before him. Then the king kissed Absalom.
WEB World English Bible
So Joab came to the king, and told him; and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.
ASV American Standard Version
So Joab came to the king, and told him; and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Joab cometh unto the king, and declareth it to him, and he calleth unto Absalom, and he cometh unto the king, and boweth himself to him, on his face, to the earth, before the king, and the king giveth a kiss to Absalom.
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 14
30 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.
31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto [his] house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?
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 king’s face; and if there be [any] iniquity in me, let him kill me.
33 So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.
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וַיָּבֹ֨אH935 · boto come (in): comeיוֹאָ֣בH3097 · yo.avJoabאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַמֶּלֶךְ֮H4428 · me.lekhkingוַיַּגֶּד־H5046 · na.gadto tellלוֹ֒H9033 · ohimוַיִּקְרָ֤אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙H53 · a.vi.sha.lomAbsalomוַיָּבֹ֣אH935 · boto come (in): comeאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַמֶּ֔לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingוַיִּשְׁתַּ֨חוּH7812 · sha.chahto bowל֧וֹH9033 · ohimעַל־H5921 · aluponאַפָּ֛יוH639 · aphface: angerאַ֖רְצָהH776 · e.retsland: country/planetלִפְנֵ֣יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeהַמֶּ֑לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingוַיִּשַּׁ֥קH5401 · na.shaqto kissהַמֶּ֖לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingלְאַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃ פH53 · a.vi.sha.lomAbsalom
Cross-references
Genesis 33:4And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.Luke 15:20And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.Genesis 27:26And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.Genesis 45:15Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.
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