5 Also, when anyone approached to bow down to him, Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him, and kiss him.
2 Samuel 15:5
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2 Samuel 14:32–33
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… 33 …
2 Samuel 20:8–10
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Book of Jubilees 31:10–12
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12 Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner. 13 She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him: 14 “I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows.
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2 Samuel 13:33–35
33 So now, my lord the king, do not take to heart the report that all the sons of the king are dead. Only Amnon is dead.” 34 Meanwhile, Absalom had fled. When the young man standing watch looked up, he saw many people coming down the road west of him, along the side…
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1 Now Joab son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart longed for Absalom. 2 So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman…
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