Catholic Public Domain Version
"Then too, when a man would draw near to him, so that he might greet him, he would extend his hand, and taking hold of him, he would kiss him. "
— 2 Samuel 15:5, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.”
“And it was so, that, when any man came nigh to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him. ”
“It was so, that when any man came near to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him.”
“When someone approached to bow before him, Absalom would extend his hand and embrace him and kiss him.”
“Moreover when any man came to him to salute him, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.”
“And if any man came near to give him honour, he took him by the hand and gave him a kiss.”
“And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.”
And rising up in the morning, Absalom was standing beside the entrance of the gate. And when there was any man who had a dispute that might go before the king’s judgment, Absalom would call him to him, and would say, “Which city are you from?” And responding, he would say, “I am your servant, from a certain tribe of Israel.”
And Absalom would answer him: “Your words seem good and just to me. But there is no one appointed by the king to hear you.” And Absalom would say:
“Who may appoint me judge over the land, so that all those who have a dispute might come to me, and I might judge justly.”
Then too, when a man would draw near to him, so that he might greet him, he would extend his hand, and taking hold of him, he would kiss him.
And he was doing this to all those of Israel arriving for judgment to be heard by the king. And he solicited the hearts of the men of Israel.
Then, after forty years, Absalom said to king David: “I should go and pay my vows, which I have vowed to the Lord at Hebron.
For your servant made a vow, when he was in Geshur of Syria, saying: If the Lord will lead me back to Jerusalem, I will sacrifice to the Lord.”