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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.

KJV

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.

Vulgate

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.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יָּבֹ֨א יוֹאָ֣ב אֶל הַ/מֶּלֶךְ֮ וַ/יַּגֶּד ל/וֹ֒ וַ/יִּקְרָ֤א אֶל אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ וַ/יָּבֹ֣א אֶל הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ וַ/יִּשְׁתַּ֨חוּ ל֧/וֹ עַל אַפָּ֛י/ו אַ֖רְצָ/ה לִ/פְנֵ֣י הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ וַ/יִּשַּׁ֥ק הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ לְ/אַבְשָׁלֽוֹם

Hebrew

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In this verse

People AbsalomJoab

In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙
'bshlvm
proper_noun · 111×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
וֹ
v
noun · 275×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
יִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ
yshtchv
verb · 174×
יִּשַּׁק
yshq
verb · 35×
יַּגֶּד
ygd
verb · 369×
יוֹאָ֔ב
yv'b
proper_noun · 145×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 15:5 — 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.
  • Gen 33:4 — And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
  • Luke 15:20 — And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.