Joabi shkoi atëherë te mbreti dhe ia tregoi çështjen. Ky thirri Absalomin që shkoi te mbreti dhe ra përmbys me fytyrën për tokë përpara tij; dhe mbreti e puthi Absalomin.
So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.