Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 15:5
And it was [so], that when any man came nigh [to him] to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.
5. put forth his hand ] Instead of allowing the people to do him homage as the king’s son, he took them by the hand, and saluted them familiarly with a kiss. Cp. ch. 2Sa 20:9.
Compare the description of Bolingbroke’s behaviour which Shakespeare puts into the mouth of Richard II.:
Ourself and Bushy, Bagot here and Green
Observed his courtship to the common people;
How he did seem to dive into their hearts
With humble and familiar courtesy,
What reverence he did throw away on slaves,
Wooing poor craftsmen with the craft of smiles,
King Richard II., Acts 1. Sc. 4:23.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Putting on the garb of singular humanity and good will to all men; for that seems to have been a ceremony in frequent use in those times of showing respect, as pulling off the hat, and bowing, or embracing, is at this day with us.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And it was [so], that when any man came nigh [to him] to do him obeisance,…. To pay his respects, and bow to him, as being the king’s son, a prince of the blood, and heir to the crown, as was supposed:
he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him; he put out his hand and shook hands with him, or took him about the neck and kissed him, and by this free, familiar, affable, and courteous manner, strangely won upon and gained the affections of the people, as follows. Fortunatus Schacchus e thinks he put forth his hand to be kissed by them, and then kissed them, which was more than was usual.
e Eloeochrism. Myrothec. l. 3. c. 34. col. 964.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
2Sa 15:5 And it was [so], that when any man came nigh [to him] to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.
Ver. 5. To do him obeisance. ] But should men bow to a molten calf, because made of golden earrings?
And took him, and kissed him.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
took him: Psa 10:9, Psa 10:10, Psa 55:21, Pro 26:25
and kissed: 2Sa 14:33
Reciprocal: Luk 7:45 – gavest