So Joab came to the king, and told him
 What Absalom had said to him: 
 and when he had called for Absalom;
 sent messengers to his house to order him to come to him: 
 he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before
 the king;
 made a very reverend bow to him, according to the custom of those times, throwing himself at his feet in great submission to him: 
 and the king kissed Absalom;
 in token of his reconciliation to him; which laid the foundation of his after troubles from him, related in the following chapters.