Kissed - This was the pledge of reconciliation. (See the marginal references and Genesis 45:15.)

So Joab came to the king, and told him
What Absalom had said to him:

and when he had called for A…

By his insolent conduct toward Joab, Absalom brought Joab to plead for him. By his insolent message to the king, he gained his wishes. When parents…