2 Kings 14:33
So Joab going in to the king, told him all: and Absalom was called for, and he went in to the king: and prostrated himself on the ground before him: and the king kissed Absalom.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Ingressus itaque Joab ad regem, nuntiavit ei omnia : vocatusque est Absalom, et intravit ad regem, et adoravit super faciem terræ coram eo : osculatusque est rex Absalom.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ εἰσῆλθεν Ἰωὰβ πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα καὶ ἀπήγγειλεν αὐτῷ, καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὸν Ἀβεσσαλώμ. καὶ εἰσῆλθεν πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα καὶ προσεκύνησεν αὐτῷ, καὶ ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ κατὰ πρόσωπον τοῦ βασιλέως. καὶ κατεφίλησεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τὸν Ἀβεσσαλώμ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיָּבֹ֨א יוֹאָ֣ב אֶל הַמֶּלֶךְ֮ וַיַּגֶּד לוֹ֒ וַיִּקְרָ֤א אֶל אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ וַיָּבֹ֣א אֶל הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַיִּשְׁתַּ֨חוּ ל֧וֹ עַל אַפָּ֛יו אַ֖רְצָה לִפְנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיִּשַּׁ֥ק הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ לְאַבְשָׁלֽוֹם
Haydock's commentary
Kissed Absalom, and thus was reconciled to his prodigal son, Luke xv. 20. The ungrateful wretch only took occasion, from his father's goodness, to alienate the minds of the people from him, by insinuating that he neglected the welfare of the people. (Haydock)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.