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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
So Joab came to the king, and told him,.... What Absalom had said to him:
and when he had called for Absalom; sent messengers to his house to order him to come to him:
he came to the king, and…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
Kissed - This was the pledge of reconciliation. (See the marginal references and Gen 45:15.)
Three years Absalom had been an exile from his father-in-law, and now two years a prisoner at large in his own house, and, in both, better dealt with than he deserved; yet his spirit was still…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
the king kissed Absalom As a pledge of reconciliation. See Gen 33:4; Gen 45:15; Luk 15:20.
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