14:33 So Joab went to the king and informed him. The king 1 summoned Absalom, and he came to the king. Absalom 2 bowed down before the king with his face toward the ground and the king kissed him. 3
1 tn Heb “he.” Joab, acting on behalf of the king, may be the implied subject.
2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Absalom) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “Absalom.” For stylistic reasons the name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation.