2 Samuel 14:32-33

14:32 Absalom said to Joab, “Look, I sent a message to you saying, ‘Come here so that I can send you to the king with this message: ¹  “Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.”’ Let me now see the face of the king. If I am at fault, let him put me to death!”

14:33 So Joab went to the king and informed him. The king ²  summoned Absalom, and he came to the king. Absalom ³  bowed down before the king with his face toward the ground and the king kissed him. ⁴ 

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¹ tn Heb “saying.”

² tn Heb “he.” Joab, acting on behalf of the king, may be the implied subject.

³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Absalom) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “Absalom.” For stylistic reasons the name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation.