So Yoav came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Avshalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Avshalom.
And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
So king Shlomo sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Shlomo: and Shlomo said unto him, Go to thine house.