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2 Samuel 14:33

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14:33So Joab went to the king and informed him. The king40 summoned Absalom, and he came to the king. Absalom41 bowed down before the king with his face toward the ground and the king kissed him.42

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  1. 40 Heb “he.” Joab, acting on behalf of the king, may be the implied subject.
  2. 41 Heb “he”; the referent (Absalom) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  3. 42 Heb “Absalom.” For stylistic reasons the name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then Joab went to the king and told him, and he summoned Absalom. So he came to the king and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king, and the king kissed Absalom.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So Joab went to the king and told him this. Then the king summoned Absalom, and he came in and bowed down with his face to the ground before the king. And the king kissed Absalom.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Joab went to the king and told him. So David summoned Absalom, who came to the king and paid homage with his face to the ground before him. Then the king kissed Absalom.

NLTNew Living Translation

So Joab told the king what Absalom had said. Then at last David summoned Absalom, who came and bowed low before the king, and the king kissed him.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So Joab went to the king and he told him. Then he summoned Absalom, and he came to the king, and he bowed down to him with his face to the ground before the king. Then the king kissed Absalom.

KJV 1900King 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.