2 Samuel 15:5 (WEB)
It was so, that when any man came near to bow down to him, he stretched out his hand, took hold of him, and kissed him.
Fathers and councils · 2
Ambrose of Milan
“And when they came to make obeisance to him, stretching forth his hand he took hold of them and kissed them.” — editor's note: 2 Sam. [2 Kings] xv. 1–6.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…his special confidence, yet joined in the revolutionary plot against his father and patron: for, though others took the active part in it, the hand of Absalom was with them, as the saying goes.” — editor's note: ἡ χὲιρ ᾽Αβεσσαλὤμ. “The hand of Absalom,” prob. a misquotation of 2 Sam. xiv. 19. “The hand of Joab.” 2 Sam. xv. 5.
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together with
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.22.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.22.
Quoted in
Matthew 14:31 takes up the words of 2 Samuel 15:5 (9 words in common).