1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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II Samuel 20:9

And Joab said to Amasa: God save thee, my brother. *And he took Amasa by the chin with his right hand to kiss him.

3 Kings 2:5.

God, etc. Literally, "Hail, my brother." (Haydock) --- Kiss him. "In former times it was the custom, in Greece, for supplicants to touch the chin, (Pliny, [Natural History?] 11:45.) having the left hand upon the person's knees. (Homer, Iliad A.) The touched a woman's cheeks; (Euripides, Hecuba.) or, among the Hebrews, her chin, Canticle of Canticles 2:6. The Turks and Arabs still kiss the beard, with the utmost reverence. (Thevenot xxii.; Darvieux, 2 Kings 7.) (Calmet)