## Targum Jonathan on II Samuel Chapter 14

###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:1
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וִידַע יוֹאָב בַּר צְרוּיָה אֲרֵי לִבָּא דְמַלְכָּא לְמִפַּק עַל אַבְשָׁלוֹם:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that it was in the king’s heart to go forth against Absalom.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:2
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וּשְׁלַח יוֹאָב לִתְקוֹעַ וּנְסֵיב מִתַּמָן אִתְּתָא חֲכִּמְתָּא וַאֲמַר לָהּ אִתְאַבְּלֵי כְעַן וּלְבוּשִׁי כְעַן לְבוּשֵׁי אֶבְלָא וְלָא תְשׁוּפִין מִשְׁחָא וּתְהֵא כְּאִתְּתָא דְנַן יוֹמִין סַגִיאִין מִתְאַבְּלָא עַל מֵיתָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Joab sent to Tekoa, and took from there a wise woman, and said to her, “Pretend to be mourning, and put on mourning garments. Do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave like a woman who has been mourning many days for a dead one.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:3
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וְתַהֲכִין לְוַת מַלְכָּא וּתְמַלְלִין עִמֵיהּ כְּפִתְגָמָא הָדֵין וְשַׁוַי יוֹאָב יַת פִּתְגָמַיָא בְּפוּמָהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And you shall go to the king and speak with him according to these words.” So Joab put the words in her mouth.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:4
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וַאֲמָרַת אִתְּתָא דְמִתְּקוֹעַ לְמַלְכָּא וּנְפָלַת עַל אַפָּהּ עַל אַרְעָא וּסְגִידַת וַאֲמָרַת פְּרוֹק מַלְכָּא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
When the woman, who was of Tekoa, said to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and bowed down, and said, “Save, O king.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:5
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וַאֲמַר לָהּ מַלְכָּא מַה לִיךְ וַאֲמָרַת בְּקוּשְׁטָא אִתְּתָא אַרְמַלְתָּא אֲנָא וּמִית בַּעֲלִי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And the king said to her, “What is your trouble?” She answered, “In truth, I am a widowed woman; my husband is dead.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:6
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וּלְאַמְתָךְ תְּרֵין בְּנִין וְאִתְנְצִיאוּ תַרְוֵיהוֹן בְּחַקְלָא וְלֵית דִמְשֵׁיזֵיב בֵּינֵיהוֹן וּמְחוֹ חַד יַת חַד וּקְטַל יָתֵיהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And your handmaid had two sons, and the two of them quarrelled in the field. Since there was no one to save them from each other, the one struck the other and killed him.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:7
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וְהָא קָמַת כָּל זַרְעִיתָא עַל אַמְתָךְ וַאֲמַרוּ הָבִי וְנִקְטוֹל יַת דִקְטַל אֲחוֹהִי וְנִקְטְלִינֵיהּ בְּחוֹבַת נַפְשָׁא דַאֲחוֹהִי דִקְטַל וּנְשֵׁיצֵי אַף יַת יָרוֹתָא וּבְעוֹ לְמִקְטַל יַת חַד יְחִידִי דְאִשְׁתְּאַר בְּדִיל דְלָא לְשַׁוָאָה לְבַעֲלֵי שׁוּם וּשְׁאָר עַל אַפֵּי אַרְעָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And behold, the whole family has risen against your handmaid, and they said, ‘Give up the one who killed his brother, that we may kill him for the guilt concerning his brother’s life whom he killed. So we will also destroy the heir.’ They seek to kill my only one who is left in order to leave to my husband neither name nor remnant upon the face of the earth.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:8
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וַאֲמַר מַלְכָּא לְאִתְּתָא אֱזִילִי לְבֵיתָךְ וַאֲנָא אֲפַקֵיד עֲלָךְ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then the king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:9
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וַאֲמַרַת אִתְּתָא דְמִתְּקוֹעַ לְמַלְכָּא עֲלַי דִי לִי רִבּוֹנִי מַלְכָּא חוֹבָא וְעַל בֵּית אַבָּא וּמַלְכָּא וְכוּרְסֵי מַלְכוּתֵיהּ זַכַּאי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And the woman, who was of Tekoa, said to the king, “On me, mine be the guilt, my lord the king, and on my father’s house. Let the king and the throne of his kingdom be innocent.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:10
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וַאֲמַר מַלְכָּא מַן דְיֵימַר לִיךְ מִלָא וְתַיְתִינֵיהּ לְוָתִי וְלָא יוֹסִיף עוֹד לְאַנְזָקָה בִיךְ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
The king said, “Whoever says a word to you, bring him to me, and he shall never harm you again.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:11
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וַאֲמַרַת יִדְכַּר כְּעַן מַלְכָּא מַה דִכְתִיב בִּסְפַר אוֹרַיְתָא דַייָ אֱלָהָךְ בְּדִיל לְאַסְגָאָה אוֹרְחָא קֳדָם גָאֵל דְמָא לְחַבָּלָא וְלָא יְשֵׁיצוֹן יַת בְּרִי וַאֲמַר קַיָם הוּא יְיָ אִם יִפּוֹל מִסְעַר רֵישׁ בְּרִיךְ לְאַרְעָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then she said, “Let the king now remember what is written in the book of the law of the LORD your God, not to enlarge the way before the avenger of blood to do harm. So let them not finish off my son.” And he said, “As the LORD is the existing One, not one hair of your son’s head shall fall to the ground.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:12
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וַאֲמַרַת אִתְּתָא תְּמַלֵל כְּעַן אַמְתָךְ קֳדָם רִבּוֹנִי מַלְכָּא פִתְגָמָא וַאֲמַר מַלֵילִי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then the woman said, “Let your handmaid now speak a word before my lord the king.” And he said, “Speak.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:13
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וַאֲמַרַת אִתְּתָא וּלְמָה חֲשַׁבְתָּא כַּהֲדָא עַל עַמָא דַייָ וּמְמַלֵיל מַלְכָּא פִתְגָמָא הָדֵין כִּגְבַר חַיָב בְּדִיל דְלָא לְאַתָבָא מַלְכָּא יַת בִּדוּרֵיהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And the woman said, “Why then have you planned such a thing against the people of the LORD – in speaking this word the king is like a guilty man – in order not to bring back the king’s banished one?


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:14
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אֲרֵי מִיתָא דְמָאִית וּכְמַיָא דְמִתְאַשְׁדִין לְאַרְעָא דְלָא אֶפְשַׁר לְהוֹן דְיִתּוֹסְפוּן כֵּן לֵית אֶפְשַׁר לְדַיָנָא דְקוּשְׁטָא לְקַבָּלָא מָמוֹן דִשְׁקַר וְדִמְחַשֵׁב מֵחְשְׁבָן בְּדִיל דְלָא לְבָדָרָא מִנֵיהּ בִּדוּרָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
For the death of the dying is like the waters that are poured out on the ground so that it is impossible for them to be gathered together again; thus it is impossible for the court of truth to accept bribes and to devise plans not to scatter the banished one from him.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:15
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וּכְעַן דַאֲתֵיתִי לְמַלָלָא קֳדָם מַלְכָּא רִבּוֹנִי יַת פִּתְגָמָא הָדֵין אֲרֵי דַחֲלוּנַנִי עַמָא וַאֲמַרַת אַמְתָךְ אֲמַלֵיל כְּעַן קֳדָם מַלְכָא מְאִים יַעְבֵּד מַלְכָּא יַת פִּתְגָמָא דְאַמְתֵיהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And now that I have come to say this thing before my lord the king, because the people feared me, and your handmaid said, ‘I will speak before the king now; it may be that the king will do the request of his handmaid.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:16
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אֲרֵי יִשְׁמַע מַלְכָּא לְשֵׁיזָבָא יַת אַמְתֵיהּ מִיַד גַבְרָא לְשֵׁיצָאָה יָתִי וְיַת בְּרִי כַּחֲדָא מֵאַחֲסָנַת עַמָא דַיָי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
For the king will hear, and deliver his handmaid from the man who would destroy me and my son together from the heritage of the people of the LORD.’


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:17
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וַאֲמַרַת אַמְתָךְ יְהֵי כְעַן פִּתְגָמָא דְרִבּוֹנִי מַלְכָּא לְנִיחָא אֲרֵי כְּמַלְאָכָא דַייָ כֵּן רִבּוֹנִי מַלְכָּא לְמִשְׁמַע טַב וּבִישׁ וּמֵימְרָא דַייָ אֱלָהָךְ יְהֵי בְסַעֲדָךְ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And your handmaid thought, ‘Let the word of my lord the king set me at rest now, for like an angel of the LORD, so is my lord the king in discerning good and evil,’ and the speech of the LORD is in your aid.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:18
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וַאֲתֵיב מַלְכָּא וַאֲמַר לְאִתְּתָא לָא כְעַן תְּכַסֵי מִנִי פִתְגָמָא דַאֲנָא שְׁאֵל יָתִיךְ וַאֲמַרַת אִתְּתָא יְמַלֵיל כְּעַן רִבּוֹנִי מַלְכָּא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then the king answered and said to the woman, “Now, do not hide from me anything I ask you.” And the woman said, “Let my lord the king speak now.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:19
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וַאֲמַר מַלְכָּא הֲיַד יוֹאָב עִמָךְ בְּכָל דָא וַאֲתִיבַת אִתְּתָא וַאֲמַרַת חַיֵי נַפְשָׁךְ רִבּוֹנִי מַלְכָּא אִם אִית לְמִסְטֵי לְיַמִינָא וְלִסְמָלָא מִכֹּל דִי מַלֵיל רִבּוֹנִי מַלְכָּא אֲרֵי עַבְדָךְ יוֹאָב הוּא פַקְדַנִי וְהוּא שַׁוִי בְּפוּמָא דְאַמְתָךְ יַת כָּל פִּתְגָמַיָא הָאִלֵין:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
The king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” The woman answered, and said, “By your own life, my lord the king, one cannot turn to the right hand or to the left from all that my lord the king has said. It was your servant Joab who commanded me, and it was he who put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:20
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בְּדִיל לְאַקָפָא יַת אַפֵּי פִתְגָמָא עֲבַד עַבְדָךְ יוֹאָב יַת פִּתְגָמָא הָדֵין וְרִבּוֹנִי חַכִּים כְּחָכְמַת מַלְאָכָא דַייָ לְמִידַע יַת כָּל דִי בְאַרְעָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
In order to change the course of affairs your servant Joab did this thing. But my lord is wise like the wisdom of the angel of the LORD to know all that is on the earth.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:21
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וַאֲמַר מַלְכָּא לְיוֹאָב הָא כְעַן עֲבָדִית יַת פִּתְגָמָא הָדֵין וֶאֱזֵיל אֲתֵיב יַת עוּלֵימָא יַת אַבְשָׁלוֹם:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then the king said to Joab, “Behold now, I granted this thing. Go, bring back the young man, Absalom.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:22
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וּנְפַל יוֹאָב עַל אַפּוֹהִי לְאַרְעָא וּסְגִיד וּבָרִיךְ יַת מַלְכָּא וַאֲמַר יוֹאָב יוֹמָא דֵין יְדַע עַבְדָךְ אֲרֵי אַשְׁכָּחִית רַחֲמִין בְּעֵינָךְ רִבּוֹנִי מַלְכָּא דַעֲבַד מַלְכָּא יַת פִּתְגָמָא דְעַבְדֵיהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Joab fell on his face to the ground, and bowed down, and blessed the king. And Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favour in your sight, my lord the king, in that the king has granted the word of your servant.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:23
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וְקָם יוֹאָב וַאֲזַל לִגְשׁוּר וְאַיְתֵי יַת אַבְשָׁלוֹם לִירוּשְׁלֵם:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:24
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/14:24)

וַאֲמַר מַלְכָּא יִסְתְּחַר לְבֵיתֵיהּ וְאַפֵּי לָא יֶחְזֵי וְאִסְתְּחַר אַבְשָׁלוֹם לְבֵיתֵיהּ וְאַפֵּי מַלְכָּא לָא חֲזָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And the king said, “Let him turn to his own house. He is not to see my face.” So Absalom turned to his own house, and did not see the king’s face.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:25
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/14:25)

וּכְאַבְשָׁלוֹם לָא הֲוָה גְבַר שַׁפִּיר בְּכָל יִשְׂרָאֵל לְשָׁבָּחָא לַחֲדָא מִפַּרְסַת רִגְלוֹהִי וְעַד מוֹחֵיהּ לָא הֲוָה בֵיהּ מוּמָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
In all Israel there was no other handsome man so highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to his scalp there was no blemish in him.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:26
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/14:26)

וּבְסַפָּרוּתֵיהּ יַת רֵישֵׁיהּ וַהֲוָה מִזְמַן עִדַן לְעִדַן דִמְסַפֵר אֲרֵי יַקִיר עֲלוֹהִי וּמְסַפֵּר לֵיהּ וּתְקַל יַת סְעַר רֵישֵׁיהּ מָאתָן סִלְעִין בְּמַתְקְלָא דְמַלְכָּא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And when he shaved his head – on a yearly basis he shaved it; when it was heavy on him, he shaved it – he weighed the hair of his head: two hundred *sela* by the king’s weight.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:27
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/14:27)

וְאִתְיְלִידוּ לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם תְּלָתָא בְנִין וּבְרַתָּא חֲדָא וּשְׁמָהּ תָּמָר הִיא הֲוַת אִתְּתָא שַׁפִּירַת חֵיזוּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
There were born to Absalom three sons, and one daughter whose name was Tamar. She was a woman beautiful of appearance.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:28
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/14:28)

וִיתֵב אַבְשָׁלוֹם בִּירוּשְׁלֵם תַּרְתֵּין שְׁנִין וְאַפֵּי מַלְכָּא לָא חֲזָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
So Absalom dwelt two years in Jerusalem, without seeing the king’s face.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:29
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/14:29)

וּשְׁלַח אַבְשָׁלוֹם לְוַת יוֹאָב לְשַׁלְחָא יָתֵיהּ לְוַת מַלְכָּא וְלָא אֲבָה לְמֵיתֵי לְוָתֵיהּ וּשְׁלַח עוֹד תִּנְיָנוּת וְלָא אֲבָה לְמֵיתֵי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then Absalom sent for Joab to send him to the king, but Joab would not come to him. And he sent a second time, but he would not come.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:30
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/14:30)

וַאֲמַר לְעַבְדוֹהִי חֲזוֹ אַחְסַנְתֵּיהּ דְיוֹאָב דִסְמִיכָא לְדִילִי וְלֵיהּ תַּמָן סְעוֹרִין אֱזִילוּ וְאַדְלְקוּהָ בְּנוּרָא וְאַדְלִיקוּ עַבְדֵי אַבְשָׁלוֹם יַת אַחְסַנְתֵּיהּ בְּנוּרָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then he said to his servants, “See Joab’s property is next to mine, and he has barley there; go and set it on fire.” So Absalom’s servants set the property on fire.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:31
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/14:31)

וְקָם יוֹאָב וַאֲתָא לְוַת אַבְשָׁלוֹם לְבֵיתָא וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ לְמָה אַדְלִיקוּ עַבְדָיִךְ יַת אַחְסַנְתָּא דִילִי בְּנוּרָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then Joab arose and went to Absalom at his house, and said to him, “Why have your servants set the property which is mine on fire?”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:32
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/14:32)

וַאֲמַר אַבְשָׁלוֹם לְיוֹאָב הָא שְׁלָחִית לְוָתָךְ לְמֵימָר אִיתָא הַלְכָא וְאִשְׁלְחִינָךְ לְוַת מַלְכָּא לְמֵימַר לְמָה אָתֵיתִי מִגְשׁוּר טַב לִי עוֹד דַאֲנָא תַמָן וּכְעַן אֶחֱזֵי אַפֵּי מַלְכָּא וְאִם אִית בִּי חוֹבָא וְיִקְטְלִינַנִי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Absalom said to Joab, “Behold, I sent for you, saying, ‘Come here, that I may send you to the king, saying, Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there. And now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is guilt in me, let him kill me.’”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:33
[Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 14:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/14:33)

וַאֲתָא יוֹאָב לְוַת מַלְכָּא וְחַוִי לֵיהּ וּקְרָא לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם וַאֲתָא לְוַת מַלְכָּא וּסְגִיד לֵיהּ עַל אַפּוֹהִי עַל אַרְעָא קֳדָם מַלְכָּא וּנְשַׁק מַלְכָּא לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then Joab went to the king, and told him; and he called Absalom. So he came to the king, and bowed on his face to the ground before the king. And the king kissed Absalom.