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2 Samuel 14:33

2 Samuel 14:33 is verse 33 of 2 Samuel chapter 14, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

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.

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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.

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.

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2 Samuel 14:31–33 · Berean Standard Bible

31 Then Joab came to Absalom’s house and demanded, “Why did your servants set my field on fire?”

32 “Look,” said Absalom, “I sent for you and said, ‘Come here. I want to send you to the king to ask: Why have I come back from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.’ So now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”

33 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.

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Hebrew words

וַיָּבֹ֨אand he wentיוֹאָ֣בJoabאֶלtoהַמֶּלֶךְ֮the kingוַיַּגֶּדand he toldלוֹ֒to <the> himוַיִּקְרָ֤אand he summonedאֶל<to>אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙Absalomוַיָּבֹ֣אand he cameאֶלtoהַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe kingוַיִּשְׁתַּ֨חוּand he bowed downל֧וֹto <the> himעַלonאַפָּ֛יוface hisאַ֖רְצָה[the] ground towardsלִפְנֵ֣י<to> beforeהַמֶּ֑לֶךְthe kingוַיִּשַּׁ֥קand he kissedהַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe kingלְאַבְשָׁלֽוֹם<to> Absalom

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Genesis 27:26

Then his father Isaac said to him, “Please come near and kiss me, my son.”

Genesis 33:4

Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.

Genesis 45:15

Joseph kissed each of his brothers as he wept over them. And afterward his brothers talked with him.

Luke 15:20

So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.

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