5. Also, whenever anyone approached him to bow down before him, Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him and kiss him.
6. Absalom behaved in this way toward all the Israelites who came to the king asking for justice, and so he stole the hearts of the people of Israel.
7. At the end of four years, Absalom said to the king, “Let me go to Hebron and fulfill a vow I made to the Lord.