2 Samuel 15:5-7

Modern English Version

⁵ When a man would approach to bow before him, he would reach out, embrace him, and kiss him. ⁶ Absalom acted this way toward every Israelite who came to the king for a judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

⁷ After forty years, Absalom said to the king, “Please allow me to go fulfill my vow that I made to the Lord in Hebron.