2 Samuele 15:5

5 E quando uno gli s’accostava per prostrarglisi dinanzi, ei gli porgeva la mano, l’abbracciava e lo baciava.

2 Samuele 15:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 15:5

And it was [so], that when any man came nigh [to him] to do him
obeisance
To pay his respects, and bow to him, as being the king's son, a prince of the blood, and heir to the crown, as was supposed:

he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him;
he put out his hand and shook hands with him, or took him about the neck and kissed him, and by this free, familiar, affable, and courteous manner, strangely won upon and gained the affections of the people, as follows. Fortunatus Schacchus ^F5 thinks he put forth his hand to be kissed by them, and then kissed them, which was more than was usual.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 Eloeochrism. Myrothec. l. 3. c. 34. col. 964.

2 Samuele 15:5 In-Context

3 Allora Absalom gli diceva: "Vedi, la tua causa e buona e giusta, ma non v’è chi sia delegato dal re per sentirti".

4 E Absalom aggiungeva: "Oh se facessero me giudice del paese! Chiunque avesse un processo o un affare verrebbe da me, e io gli farei giustizia".

5 E quando uno gli s’accostava per prostrarglisi dinanzi, ei gli porgeva la mano, l’abbracciava e lo baciava.

6 Absalom faceva così con tutti quelli d’Israele che venivano dal re per chieder giustizia; e in questo modo Absalom rubò il cuore alla gente d’Israele.

7 Or avvenne che, in capo a quattro anni Absalom disse al re: "Ti prego, lasciami andare ad Hebron a sciogliere un voto che feci all’Eterno.