2 Samuel 15:5

15:5 When someone approached to bow before him, Absalom would extend his hand and embrace him and kiss him.

2 Samuel 23:6

23:6 But evil people are like thorns –

all of them are tossed away,

for they cannot be held in the hand.


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